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Submitted on Jan 17, 2019
Useful Info
Many people ride scooters in Chiang Mai without a license, which is illegal. You can still rent them (rental place won't care if you have or don't have a license) but try avoid those checkpoints where traffic police target foreigners to get money. If you don't have a helmet they will give you a hefty fine as well
Someone put together this checkpoints map, thought it'd be useful:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1nf58F3Ms8G8VQPWoyikIOgO0KYM&msa=0&ll=18.793544706271014%2C99.002523&spn=0.04794%2C0.084543&z=12
Police stopped us just north of Chiang Mai on the way to Pai: 500 Baht for driving without International Driving License, my friend had to pay 1000 Baht because no license at all. Never again! Bye Thailand. Hello Myanmar