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Phuket a well developed road system and the roads are had in good condition. Road signs are in English and Thai writing. Due to the mountains in the center of the island there are only very few road connections in east west direction. In approx. one hour is easy nearly each point on Phuket to reach. Even if Thailand is called the country of the smile and Thais is famous for its polite, forestalling behaviour - in punkto traffic the last adjectives, which come one into the sense, are polite and forestalling. In Thailand left-hand traffic prevails. Traffic rules exist, but for their conversion in the everyday traffic car or motorcycle stands to drive stands for lack of controls at the agenda and no day passes without accidents on another sheet paper with alcohol. Despite all that - as a tourist car or motorcycle to drive is still the most pleasant and most favorable alternative and with a good portion healthy human understanding, an awake eye and little adventure desire should one able be to get over the Thai traffic without prejudice to.
Taxis, like one it from Europe knows with inscription and equipped with taxametern are unknown on Phuket. Into of Thailand capital Bangkok taxis of such kind were inserted only some years ago. Nevertheless there is a sedan service for example at the airport of Phuket. The travel in a middle class sedan into the routistic centers costs approx.. 10 euro. The moreover one nearly always finds Thais, which make their private vehicles available as taxi before larger hotels. With them the price must be negotiated before driving.
Pervasively on Phuket those are famous, notorious Tuk Tuks - small one penalty with two seat rows and an open tail. Unfortunately Tuk Tuks are also today still Nr.1 regarding complaints of tourists at the police. The vehicles are uncomfortablly, uncertainly and the travel with them totally too expensive too expensive. The drivers are mostly unfriendly and impudent and often drunk. Most drivers are mafia-similarly organized and each attempt on the part of the government to control or force to the introduction from taxametern to it, in the germ are suffocated, as major roads are blocked for hours or also days. Many taxi - and Tuk Tuk driver try also as travel guide - that is to be advised against in each case urgently, because it concerns to them exclusively, a fat commission with the hotels to take restaurants and business. All the same whether taxi or Tuk Tuk, the negotiated price refers always to the vehicle, not to the number of persons riding along.
During the day operate a kind of regular buses between the main beaches and Phuket Town. It concerns thereby around touring buses of oldest design or light load cars with wooden structure on the plank bed. One recognizes it by its blue-white painting. Bus stops do not exist - around itself to serve, one places to their simply against the roadside and signs themselves to them too. The tariffs are unbelievably favorably - for example a travel from Karon to Phuket Town - nevertheless a distance of 20 km - converted 0.50 euro cost. Unfortunately do not operate this penalty between the beaches or into the evening - and night hours, since so far each attempt failed in this direction because of the substantial protest of the Tuk Tuk mafia.
One can rent cars and jeeps in many places on Phuket. Also the large car rental services such as cycles per second and advice are present on Phuket - they require however in each case a national or international driving licence. Along the roads in Patong and Karon one finds also private car rental services. With them it is to be made certain that the cars are also insured. Vorm signing the lease always the small print read and the condition of the car control!!! The car should be insured also in each case for damages by others - accident escape is in completely Thailand a common Unsitte. The renting tariffs for a car begin with approx.. 20 euro without kilometer delimitation. Tank fillings are to be paid separately.