The proposal for the automated upgrading of the B2-class motorbike license to the entire B motorbike license remains to be beneath overview through the Malaysian shipping ministry, stated shipping minister Anthony Loke. The subject stays beneath dialogue throughout the ministry because of ‘quite a lot of viewpoints’, reported New Straits Occasions.

“A choice has now not been made. Certainly, research had been performed, however it’s nonetheless beneath additional dialogue for the reason that category B licence is for higher bikes. We [the transport ministry] wish to assess to what extent the ones keeping a category B2 licence are able to dealing with higher bikes, which raises issues from quite a lot of events,” Loke stated.

President of the Malaysian Using Institute Affiliation (PIMA) Mat Aris Bakar, in the past stated this transfer may just regress the rustic’s car licensing device because it concerned the competency of a rider, New Straits Occasions reported.

Proponents of highway protection also known as at the shipping ministry to review the proposal as comes to the security of motorcyclists in addition to that of society, and the automated improve may just lead to severe implications, in step with Alliance for Secure Group chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

This computerized upgrading of motorbike licenses used to be proposed in August ultimate 12 months, submitted through Superbikers Affiliation Malaysia (SAM) president Datuk Abdul Halim Sulaiman. This submission proposed that holders of the B2 motorbike licence with its 250 cc restrict, be upgraded to the entire category B license after 3 years, at the situation the B2 licence holder does now not devote any severe visitors offences.

In November ultimate 12 months, JPJ deputy director-general (Making plans and Operations) Aedy Fadly Ramli used to be reported as announcing that the B2-to-B license proposal used to be within the ultimate levels of analysis, and the proposal used to be to be forwarded to move minister Anthony Loke and deputy high minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi through the top of 2023.

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