No decision yet on raising motorcycle licence age to 18, says Anthony Loke

The government has not decided on raising the minimum age for obtaining a motorcycle licence, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

The ministry is considering the implications of pushing underage riders onto roads without valid licences if the age limit is raised.

Miros proposed raising the age to 18 to reduce illegal street racing among minors, but no decision has been made yet.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — The government has yet to decide whether to raise the minimum age for obtaining a motorcycle licence.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the ministry is weighing the risk of pushing more underage riders onto the roads without valid licences.

“The proposal had been discussed years ago, but there were pros and cons to changing the current minimum age of 16.

“If you raise the age limit, secondary school students cannot get their licence. It will be a problem also, because then the student will ride motorcycles without a valid licence,” Loke told a press conference at the Transport Exhibition (TXA) here today.

He noted that some students aged 13 or 14 were already riding motorcycles without licences despite the existing minimum age.

“This is not something which is a straightforward answer. It cannot just be about increasing the age limit,” he said.

The minister said the issue needed to be considered seriously, adding that at the moment there is yet to be a decision made on changing the minimum age for motorcycle licences.

He was responding to a proposal made by the Malaysian Road Safety Research Institute (Miros), that the minimum age for obtaining motorcycle licence should be raised to 18 to help curb illegal street racing for minors.

Miros chairman Professor Wong Shaw Voon cited this as a serious issue as it involved children as young as 12 who are riding without motorcycle licences.

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交通部长陆兆福表示，政府尚未决定提高摩托车驾照的最低年龄。

如果提高骑行年龄限制，可能会导致未成年骑手在没有有效驾照的情况下上路，交通部正在考虑这种做法可能带来的后果。

米罗斯提议将赛车年龄提高到 18 岁，以减少未成年人之间的非法街头赛车，但目前尚未做出决定。

吉隆坡，10月20日讯——政府尚未决定是否提高摩托车驾照的最低年龄。

交通部长陆兆福表示，交通部正在权衡让更多未成年骑手在没有有效驾照的情况下上路的风险。

“这项提议几年前就有人讨论过，但改变目前16岁的最低年龄有利有弊。

“如果提高年龄限制，中学生就无法获得驾照。这也会带来问题，因为这样一来，学生就会在没有有效驾照的情况下骑摩托车，”陆兆福今天在交通展览会（TXA）的新闻发布会上表示。

他指出，尽管有最低驾驶年龄限制，但一些 13 或 14 岁的学生已经无证驾驶摩托车。

“这不是一个简单的问题，不能仅仅通过提高年龄限制来解决，”他说。

部长表示，这个问题需要认真考虑，并补充说，目前尚未就更改摩托车驾照的最低年龄做出决定。

他此举是对马来西亚道路安全研究所 (Miros) 提出的建议的回应，该建议认为，为了遏制未成年人非法街头赛车，应将获得摩托车驾照的最低年龄提高到 18 岁。

Miros主席黄绍文教授指出这是一个严重的问题，因为其中涉及年仅12岁的儿童，他们没有摩托车驾照就骑车。

东海岸铁路计划于12月12日开通，票价将有30%的折扣，货运服务也将同时运营，Anthony Loke表示。

边防局局长舒海利将于明日出庭受审，他被指控袭击两名警务人员。

安瓦尔表示，最高法院已根据马达尼案对塞尔巴·迪纳米克公司提起新的指控，总检察长特别工作组的报告将在三个月内公布。