The transport ministry says that online payment for the renewal of the road tax (lesen kenderaan motor, or LKM) and driving licence via the road transport department’s MyJPJ app is set to be introduced in the near future. “We will launch the online payment through the MyJPJ app in a few months,” transport minister Anthony Loke said.
He said the announcement of the online payment system will be made after the completion of its proof of concept implementation. He added that this was to ensure that the system debuts smoothly and without the app crashing due to high traffic, Bernama reports.
Back in April, the department said that nearly three million users had signed up for the app, which is necessary to access the digital versions of the road tax and driving licence. At that juncture, the app only had a display feature for these, with JPJ director-general Datuk Zailani Hashim stating that renewals of licences and road taxes would only begin in the middle of the year.
Of course, the switch to digital hasn’t meant the end of the physical road tax, as the LKM is still being issued. Last week, Loke said the ministry had yet to set a cut-off date for the full transition to the e-LKM, and vehicle owners still have the option of continuing to use the physical road tax. He added that JPJ statistics revealed that only 30% of vehicle owners have opted for the digital road tax so far.
As for the driving licence, motorists have been reminded that the digital version is only valid for use in Malaysia, and those who intend to drive in other countries will still need to have a physical copy of the document (or an IDP) for this purpose, as the digital licence may not be recognised by foreign authorities.
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LOLLOKE! Instead why not fix the goddamn rules about not needing paper roadtax. You even make ur own dept confused after telling them that road tax are still printed.
MYEG can close shop because monopoly era is over…
How about letting people to decide what to use because physical road tax are required when you cross border
how about integrating the road tax as a security rfid sticker onto standardized metal stamping number plate for all road worthy vehicles?
What is the use of digital road tax and driving licence if is not recognised by overseas
Well…I’m not called the god of mischief for nothin. Gotta mess with my JPJ bois once in a while
Loki god of Mischief
Bang Non god of utter Destruction
Give option to also get physical road tax delivered to our address. Don’t mind paying for the delivery.
if you rotate L in Loke 180 degrees, then you’ll know why? hahahaha
But myjpj listed “semakan/pembaharuan lkm” as a function already tho it does not work. Is my bm that bad to understand that?