The variety of automobiles registered in Malaysia has now reached 36.3 million items as of October, making for a big soar from the final time figures had been reported. In June final yr, it was said that the nation had 33.3 million registered motorised automobiles, with a rise of one million items yearly since 2019.

The newest numbers had been revealed by transport minister Anthony Loke, who additionally gave a breakdown of the forms of automobiles registered. He mentioned that automobiles made up the very best quantity at 17,244,978 items, adopted by bikes at 16,773,112 items, and automobiles to move items at 1,429,403 items.

Moreover, 84,745 taxis had been registered, in addition to 64,021 buses and 30,318 rental automobiles, with 736,410 different automobiles that didn’t slot in any of the classes additionally on the listing, because the New Straits Occasions studies.

It was once more highlighted that the whole variety of registered automobiles in Malaysia has exceeded the nation’s inhabitants, which as of final yr stood at 32.4 million. Nonetheless, this doesn’t imply that the precise variety of automobiles on public roads was greater than the inhabitants at current.

It’s because the whole variety of registered automobiles is that administered over almost eight many years. In November 2021, then highway transport division (JPJ) director-general Zailani Hashim said that the division had registered 33.05 million automobiles up to now 75 years because it was integrated on April 1, 1946 because the registrar and inspector of motor automobiles (RIMV).

However simply what number of automobiles are literally operating at this level? Quite a bit, really. Loke revealed that of the whole, 23,822,322 automobiles nonetheless have lively motorized vehicle licenses or highway taxes; whereas 12,540,664 automobiles had been inactive with none highway tax.

After all, that doesn’t imply that each one the automobiles with no legitimate highway tax are off the highway fully, as proven by the greater than 17,000 automobiles caught operating with out highway tax throughout a current 14-day operation carried out by JPJ.

So, about 24 million lively registered automobiles to round 32 million individuals. Not fairly extra automobiles than individuals, however nonetheless lots to go by, don’t you assume?

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