Mixed reactions to digitised driving license and road tax

SHAH ALAM - The public had mixed reactions to the announcement by the Transport Ministry that driving licences (LMM) and Motor Vehicle Licence (LKM) would be digitised.

Private sector worker Nurhaslina Hassan, 25, said MyJPJ application will surely make things easier for her.

"Before, people were required to own a physical driving licence as it is one of the identification needed to allow us to drive.

"So with MyJPJ app, I no longer have to worry about leaving my card or losing it as the systems have already neatly stored my information," she said to Sinar.

A security officer working at an airline Mohd Khairul Hisyam Jenal, 36, said that the effort deserved to be praised and that the digitisation process should have been implemented earlier.

"Since we are living in the technology era everything should move in tandem.

"MyJPJ app will not only make it easier to deal with the authorities but it can also speed up the data search process.

"Perhaps there will be people who disagree with this newly introduced effort because it will be more difficult for a third party to rent a car and so on," he said.

However, Mohd Khairul did not deny how the changes, to a certain extent, can cause worry for people who are less knowledgable about information systems and technology (IT).

"The young people and adults would have no issue since they know about IT, but the elderly and the less able will find it difficult.

"They would see this implementation as a new burden because they have to spend money and learn IT just so they can use the application," he explained.

Logistic worker Nizamuddin Salehuddin, 25, said that not everything has to go through a digitisation process.

"One thing we must be aware of is that not every place has internet access in Malaysia," she said