AUTOMATIC CARS FOR DRIVING TESTS AFTER AMENDMENTS TO TWO ACTS

By end of this year, the learner driver will be able to sit for his driving test using an automatic car .Read the full news from Bernama below.
AUTOMATIC CARS FOR DRIVING TESTS AFTER AMENDMENTS TO TWO ACTS.

Learner drivers sitting for driving licence tests would be able to use automatic cars once two road transport acts are amended, the Dewan Rakyat was told Monday.

Deputy Transport minister Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew said the two Acts to be amended are The Road Transport Act 1987 and provisions under the Driving Licence regulations 1994.

“The proposal is expected to be implemented by end of the year,” said Lau when answering a question by Norah Abd Rahman (BN-Tanjong Manis) at the Dewan Rakyat here today.

Norah had wanted to know when the government would allow learner drivers to use automatic cars when attending driving licence tests, just like what was practiced in other countries.

Lau added that the amendments would include a special clause to identify drivers who used automatic cars for their tests.

“If the learner driver decides to sit for his driving test using an automatic car, then he or she will only be allowed to drive automatic cars,” he said.

The Road Transport Department (JPJ) would also restructure the modules for learner drivers, teaching methods and driving classes.

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giler lawak aku baca benda ni..aiyoyo jpj, bagi le adventure cikit..
akak aku penah cakap, orang besa bawak manual, xde masalah nak bawak auto..
tapi orang bawak auto, ade problem especially nak menten clutch..

rugi aje la kalo buat undang2 ni, melaenkan under few circumstance..
contoh nye, orang OKU atau orang tua contohnyer above 50 nak ambik lesen, xpe la kalo jpj nak luluskan undang2 ni khas untuk dorang..

aku slalu bawak keta manual, tapi seriously aku prefer auto lagi2 bler ade jam..tapi sekarang ni aku teringin nak pakai keta yang ade paddle shifter..