The Malaysian government has no plans to legalise or introduce motorcycle ride-hailing services anytime soon, said transport minister Anthony Loke. This is to protect the safety of riders and passengers, in view of the high rate of motorcycle incidents recorded nationwide, according to a report in The Sun.
“Of course the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), which is the responsible party for such things, would study the implementation of motorcycle ride-hailing, but for me personally, I am not ready to agree with this,” Loke said in response to a question by Rembau member of Parliament Khairy Jamaluddin.
Motorcycle ride-sharing services are popular in neighbouring Indonesia, which has its own service known as Go-Jek. The Malaysian government had only recently regulated ride-sharing services for cars, and the matter was a difficult one to address in order to please all stakeholders, Loke added.
“It was not easy to regulate the cars, what more if it involves motorcycles. But if there are any other more specific suggestions, we can review and study,” he said. Last year, the then-transport ministry declared motorcycle taxi services illegal, effectively outlawing Dego Ride which was known to be offering such a service at the time.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian public can expect the RM100 monthly public transportation pass to be introduced by early next year, as promised by the Pakatan Harapan coalition in its election manifesto, the transport minister added.
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Whyyy? Nowadays rakyat have their own life and medical insurance. Motorcycle rides is more convenient and cheaper too! A lot of developed nations implemented ride sharing motorcycles such as China and Indonesia. If you want Malaysia to be one of the nations, hear what the rakyat have to say and study them!
Motorcycle ride-sharing can trial around university and college education hubs.
Are we towards Indonesia or Singapore?
Dude mo matter which country we move towards , they will not pay our bills or give us food. We move forward as per our affordability and safety. Honestly motorcycle riding is the way to move forward for single passengers as it saves petrol, resources, time and cost but only if it adheres to proper safety driving habits for both pillion and driver and other vehicles.
Go-Jek very popular in Indonesia but not appropriate in Malaysia, due to social perspective of close proximity.
if they legalize motorcycle ride sharing, then we will see tuk-tuks on our streets in no time lol
Somebody already proposed Tuk Tuk a few years back… but to be used at the JB-Spore causeway
Betul la Loke tu cakap bahaya ride hailing motorsikal ni… Ikut je la undang2.. Asyik nak membantah je mangkuk2 ni.. Demi keselamatan jugak
Tak sesuai la dekat Malaysia..Indonesian sangat lain dari Malaysian..
What is Loke doing about the huge rempits problem in this country?
Why no mention about it?
Dude…go read other news or article. This article is mainly about Bike Sharing. Why the author would bring in rempit in this article…sighhh…when only will Malaysian grow.
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eh. thought last time he said name changed d to “Land Public Transport Agency” (APAD).
Did Grab(F.K.A MyTeksi) and now defunct Uber went through regulation or straight away went online in peoples phone apps and immediately used in Malaysia?
pervert riders will keep brake hard so that the woman pillion rider will knock into him…. please ban motorcycle ride sharing.