If there is one part of vehicle ownership that many Malaysians dread, it’s probably in applying your road tax sticker to your windshield. Fragile and easy to rip if one isn’t careful, they have been met with much contention among local motorists for their lackluster quality for some number of years now.
Given that fact, incumbent Transport Minister YB Anthony Loke had vowed to address those concerns head-on, and promised that substantial changes will be made to improve the quality of road tax stickers in the near future.
Loke: Private vehicles owned by M’sians no longer need to display road tax stickers
And now it would seem that he has managed to deliver on his promise, as it has just been reported by local newspaper The New Straits Times that Malaysian private vehicle owners will no longer have to display their road tax stickers moving forwards!
Speaking at a conference on the matter earlier today at the ministry’s headquarters, he explains that the decision was made as part of ongoing efforts to digitise both road tax and driving license services offered by the Road Transport Department (JPJ). In line with this, Section 20 of the Road Transport Act that requires private vehicle owners to affix and visibly display their road tax stickers, will no longer be enforced.
“This will be done in stages, with the first phase involving individual private vehicles, including motorcycles, owned by Malaysians,” he said.
As such, Malaysians have been urged to register an account with JPJ through their official website here or via the MyJPJ mobile application, to access their digital road tax and driver licenses.
However, the current phase of implementation will still require vehicles owned by private companies, foreigners, commercial vehicles and public service vehicles to display their physical road tax stickers for the time being, reports FMT.
The Ministry will gauge public reception to the first phase of the policy’s implementation as well as the capacity of JPJ’s system, before expanding their digitisation efforts into other categories.
With that said, those found guilty of driving without a valid road tax or driver’s license will still face strict consequences as outlined by the Road Transport Act.
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