The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will be helping the urban poor obtain a motorcylce license with the help of MyPrihatin. The programme will be launched on April 15, according to a report in The Sun.
“The programme targets Malaysians aged 16 and above to obtain the B2 motorcycle riding licence. We (JPJ) are collaborating with driving institutes to implement the programme in assisting the people, especially school students, to obtain a B2 licence at a discounted rate of RM299 compared to the regular rate of RM360,” said JPJ director general Datuk Seri Nadzri Siron.
More touch points will also be introduced for those to assist those with are not able to afford a license, Nadzri added. A total of 141,369 people – mostly students – took part in the MyLesen programme up to December last year, which was part of a people-centred civil service initiative launched by the transport minister in September 2015.
The report added that the MyLesen programme has also been extended to aspiring lorry and bus drivers looking to obtain a Goods Vehicle Driving License (GDL). “The demand for lorry and bus drivers is high and for those who have the GDL, we assure they will be able to find employment as lorry and bus drivers,” Nadzri said.
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How about those who already have a driving car license and want to a motorcycle license? It is quoted RM800-RM1,000. What’s with the double standards?
Kami sokong kerajaan prihatin. Petrol Percuma Kipidap!
More important is the 3 million motorist using the roads daily with no license. these are official figures by gomen.
They are also the No 1 cause of accidents.
Why has it ballooned to 3 million? Well 20 years ago, it was only about 20,000 motorist with no license. Every time JPJ and PDRM catch, they makan duit kopi and let the offenders go scot free.
After a while of doing this and over 20 years, figure has ballooned to 3 million
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The authorities got priority wrong.The priority is to round up those below 16 riding like motoGP hell riders n compound those bikes and fine/jail the guardians for allowing these killing machines on the road.
They r only interested in collections,by offering discounts.
The rakyat wants a safer environment.WE dont want 11-15 year old riding bikes without helmets and licence.who is the menteri in charge?Kindly take appropriate action.
Yes. Lets not help the poor, eh?
It’s ok to help Mat Rempit?
I think this is actually a good idea! Let them have their lience. Then they can have insurance. Good for other road users as well. Many cases ppl got accident with some blokes with no licence nor coverage. In the end the good driver victims (that has proper insurans and licence) has to claim their own insurance or fork up their own money to repair damages even though it is not their fault. I had this experience before.
Next….enforcement enforcement please. We must put reckless drivers and people driving without licence nor coverage into jail already. After this there should be no excuse. It is not fair to other good citizen drivers.
Smell like a election strategy to fish rural votes…
well, there will definately be an increase in mat rempit n snatch thieves for sure
Don’t you understand that they want license to be ‘pree ‘ (free) …don’t you know them by now?
A better solution to this is:
Compulsary high school lesson, where in a semester the kids will be places through practices of safe riding and emergency maneuvers. At the end of the year they all get a certified P licence. This way we can mobilize the entire kampung, town and cities. We can use the school grounds and teachers to educate those kids on proper road etiquette and once in for all end the debacle of high school students riding without licence, wheather it’s rural or urban.
Just write off riding a motorcycle as an essential to developing a country and ensuring national mobility, so Ministry of Education will bear the coast, where as driving on the other hand as a luxury and leave that to JPJ to deal with.