Motorists With Expired Driving Licences Not Eligible for Budi95?

Is your driving licence expired? You may want to check as you might lose out on your RON95 subsidy allocation.

As the rakyat gears up for the revised and now rationalised disbursement of RON95 petrol subsidies, it seems over 2.3 million licence holders in Malaysia are INELIGIBLE to purchase said petrol type at RM1.99 per litre.

The reason for which is simple – many here have expired driving licences. Said figure stems from current records kept by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) and reportedly confirmed by Transport Minister YB Anthony Loke recently too.

The Ministry further clarified that from the 2.4 million total figure noted, up to 1.4 million of which have been inactive for over 10 years. Said figure also includes foreign nationals who've previously held but have not renewed their Malaysia-issued driving licences.

To access the Budi95 allocation, Malaysians must possess both a MyKad and a valid driving licence.

As a refresher, Malaysian citizens wishing to pump RON95 petrol into their locally registered vehicles at the subsidised price noted must have both their MyKad and valid driving licences in hand – both are needed to verify eligibility for this subsidy.

We’ve reported this matter prior recently that up to 2.3 million individuals have had their driving licences expired for more than three years – the maximum period allowed for regular renewals.

According to current JPJ records, over 2.3 million individuals in Malaysia have licences expired for more than three years - the maximum allowed timeframe for regular renewals.

Malaysians without a valid driving licence may not be able to purchase RON95 at the subsidised price of RM1.99.

Individuals who fail to renew their licences within said three-year period see their licences permanently revoked and disallowed from regular renewal, barring special allowances granted by the court (judge) or JPJ director via an appeal process.

Should the latter two not be possible, then these individuals seeking to re-obtain their driving licence must start the process all over again, which also firstly involves re-attending driving school.

Loke further added that from the nearly 15 million active licences currently on record with JPJ, roughly 925,421 from which have licences that are either expired or not renewed without exceeding the three-year limit mentioned.

Besides physically checking your licence's expiry date, you can also very which using the MyJPJ app and, should you not break the three-year limit, renew your licence through the app too.

Critically, MOT did clarify that Malaysian citizens with driving licences expired for less than three years are still eligible for Budi95, but they are strongly urged to renew their licences.

Given what we’ve just reported, perhaps there’s no better time than NOW to whip your wallets (or purses) out and check the expiry date on your licences.

Additionally, you can also check this via the MyJPJ app where you can also renew your expired licence – provided of course you have NOT exceeded the three-year period noted…