The proposal for the automated upgrading of the B2-class bike license to the complete B bike license remains to be beneath evaluation by the Malaysian transport ministry, mentioned transport minister Anthony Loke. The matter stays beneath dialogue inside the ministry on account of ‘varied viewpoints’, reported New Straits Instances.

“A call has not been made. Certainly, research have been performed, nevertheless it’s nonetheless beneath additional dialogue as a result of the category B licence is for bigger bikes. We [the transport ministry] have to assess to what extent these holding a category B2 licence are able to dealing with bigger bikes, which raises considerations from varied events,” Loke mentioned.

President of the Malaysian Driving Institute Affiliation (PIMA) Mat Aris Bakar, beforehand mentioned this transfer may regress the nation’s car licensing system because it concerned the competency of a rider, New Straits Instances reported.

Proponents of highway security additionally known as on the transport ministry to review the proposal as entails the security of motorcyclists in addition to that of society, and the automated improve may lead to critical implications, in line with Alliance for Secure Neighborhood chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

This computerized upgrading of motorbike licenses was proposed in August final yr, submitted by Superbikers Affiliation Malaysia (SAM) president Datuk Abdul Halim Sulaiman. This submission proposed that holders of the B2 bike licence with its 250 cc restrict, be upgraded to the complete class B license after three years, on the situation the B2 licence holder doesn’t commit any critical site visitors offences.

In November final yr, JPJ deputy director-general (Planning and Operations) Aedy Fadly Ramli was reported as saying that the B2-to-B license proposal was within the remaining phases of analysis, and the proposal was to be forwarded to move minister Anthony Loke and deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi by the tip of 2023.

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