The cabinet has approved in principle transport authorities' plan to require an applicant for a driver's licence to finish a training course of at least 15 hours and pay up to 6,000 baht for the lessons. Previously, the required training hours were four before being raised to five on Jan 1. "The training fee schools may charge each applicant is capped at 6,000 baht, which not high and lower than that in many developed countries," Mr Sanit said. Applicants could proceed to apply for the licences at 90 certified driving schools nationwide after passing the training courses there since their systems are linked electronically with the department's, Mr Sanit said. "After the cabinet approved in principle the draft regulation, the Council of State will scrutinise it and returned the vetted version to the Transport Ministry.

Source: Bangkok Post March 15, 2017 03:45 UTC