Buses and taxis are examples of public service vehicles. To use them, the public have to pay fares. Buses are considered non personalized public vehicles. On the other hand, taxis are known as personalized public service vehicles.

If you intend to drive a taxis or a bus, you should first have:

i) Class D driving license for cars to drive a taxi.

ii) Class E driving license to drive a bus ferrying 44 passengers.

Drivers holding the “L” or “P” licenses are not allowed to take up a Public Service License (P.S.V.). Non citizens are also disallowed to apply for a P.S.V. license.

A driver should at least be 21 years before he is permitted to seek a P.S.V. license. Besides this, a person should also be of sound health and body. He should also be free of any form of physical deformities as this will affect the safety of the passengers.

A person who wishes to secure a license to drive a public service vehicle must first get an application form either from the J.P.J. authorities or a driving school operator. Driving institutes obviously will also be able to supply you with one.

Registered clinics can medically check you. The cost of a brief medical check-up costs anything from RM30 – RM50. Do get a receipt for payment made. The receipt is to verify that the doctor who checked you medically is a registered doctor.

Having completed your medical examination, what does a person intending to secure a P.S.V. license have to do next?

The next step is actually to register for a 2 or 3 days’ course. This course is only conducted by driving institutes.

Normally, P.S.V. courses are conducted weekly or maybe twice a month. It is best you find out from a driving school operator.

The course ends with a 50 questions objective test conducted by J.P.J. officials at the driving institue’s premises.

Another thing you should be informed of is, ensure that the institutes at which you are attending the course at has a taxi ob bus available. Candidates will be asked to under certain driving tests to find out your ability to drive.

As a driver who possesses a D or E class license, you should not have any difficulty handling the above said vehicles at all.

To pass the 50 questions objective test conducted at the end of the course, you will need 42 marks. Assuming that you also passed the practical test, then you would have passed the entire exam.

You will now qualify to be given the P.S.V. license you have set out for. Your driving instructor would be the best person to assist you getting your P.S.V. license.

What do you supply you instructor with to secure your P.S.V. license?

Supply him with:

i) 2 copies photocopied of your driving license.

ii) 1 copy of your MyKad (both sides).

iii) RM20 for your P.S.V. license.

iv) Service fee to do your license which can amount to RM5 – RM7.

v) The results of your objective test.

Within a week’s time, your instructor would most certainly be able to get your P.S.V. license ready for you.

Well, that’s about all on how to secure a P.S.V. license either for a bus or a taxi. Should you possess any difficulty, contact and discuss it with your instructor. Or if you wish, you could contact me for further advice.

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The Importance Of Road Signs To A Driver

A potential driver has to pass the test on road signs. The above test is termed “Highway Code” test. There are some 150 to 200 road signs to be learnt.

The road signs are divided into various colours. They are:

a) Yellow – Danger signs

b) Red – Prohibition signs

c) Blue – Directional signs

d) Orange – Road construction signs

Besides the above, one has to learn to recognize the various lines on the road. And police signs too.

Signs used by motorcycle riders should also be learnt. A driver should also know the various speed limits. The yellow box and zebra crossings.

The yellow line running along the side of the road and the distance where one can park his vehicle are all to be studied as well. All in all, there are a lot to learn. It is not an easy task passing the Highway Code test.

For those who are unaware, the Highway Code paper consists of 4 parts.

i) Colour blind test: 8 questions

ii) Section A: Traffic signs – 15 questions

iii) Section B: Defensive driving – 25 questions

iv) Section C: Akta Pengangkutan Jalan / Demerit System / Motorcycles – 10 questions

The passing mark required is 42.

10 Highway Code Test Passing Tips

1) Yellow sign indicating danger – When observing yellow coloured signs, it denotes danger. You have to drive carefully.

2) Red coloured road signs denotes “prohibition” – You are in fact not allowed to do certain things.

3) Blue signs indicate “directions” – Signs indicating location of towns and villages are in blue. Directional signs (arrow) are also in blue. Authorities claim they are clearer and can be seen from far away. And in all types of weather conditions too.

4) Orange coloured and sometimes yellow are signs indicating “roads being built”. So do be careful when you see them. There will be tractors, bulldozers, lorries and stack of stones around. Be cautious!

5) Green colour signs denote highways and expressways – On highways, the maximum speed limit allowed is 90 km/h. Expressway have a maximum speed limit of 110 km/h.

6) Signs used by police personnel – Learn up the various signs frequently used by the police. They will obviously assist you a lot when driving.

7) Signs used by motorcycle rides and other car users – Many motorcycle riders use hand signals. You should recognize them. Learning them up is not a waste of time.

8) Place where you’re not permitted to park – A driver should ideally know the places where there is “no parking”. The distance allowed for parking in some areas should be learnt.

For example, park 9 meters from a junction and corner. And also a bus stop. Park 3 meters from a hydrant. Other areas should be learnt by yourselves.

9) Single and double lines plus other miscellaneous lines – Single lines, double line, chevron and dotted lines are some of the important lines which should also be learnt. All these will make you a proficient driver.

10) Be well versed with some of Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1978 important sections – Learn up that Section 26 (1) is to driver with no license. Sections 41 and 42 involves driving without care and dangerous driving!

Section 44 and 45 deals with alcohol and dadah consumption. Section 81 involves riding motor in illegal races or “mat rempit”. And the fine is RM2000.

Knowing all the above 10 things will go a long way in making you a proficient driver. And certainly will go a long way too helping you pass the Highway Code with flying colours.

So do take my advice. You will not regret it!

You can pass the Highway Code. The only thing is. You have to work hard for it. As the saying goes, “nothing comes easy”.

Know Basic Computer To Do The Highway Code Test

The Highway Code test which a candidate sits for after attending the Kursus Pendidikan Pemandu (K.P.P.) lecture can either be done in English or Bahasa Malaysia.

The above test is held in private computer centres all across towns, throughout the country. Most computer centres have 15 – 20 computer units to cater for the students’ needs.

However, there exists driving institutes which cater for such tests in their own premises. Perfect Driving Institute, based in Puchong, Selangor is amongst one of the few to conduct computer test of its own.

MyEg and Speed are two examples of companies which have been given the franchise to carry out computer tests by the transport authorities.

As far as I am aware, tests are conducted in computer centres practically everyday. They operate daily, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Sometimes, especially peak seasons like school holidays for example, these computer centres even operate as late as 9:00 pm.

As a lecturer for the K.P.P. course, it is found some driving school or institutes do not give the correct information to their candidates. They fail to provide the information that candidates wishing to appear for computer tests should at least know basic computer.

Most potential drivers, especially those in the range of 40 – 55 years old, cannot be expected to know anything about computers. They are, as we can safely say, computer illiterate.

What driving schools or institutes should do is to inform students wishing to enroll for a driving course, that the Highway Code test conducted by the J.P.J. authorities, is conducted via computers.

How are potential driving candidates, especially those who are in the older age range to pass their Highway Code?

The J.P.J. authorities do in fact carry our oral tests at selected centres all across the country. These are done especially in rural areas like Batu Laut, Selangor periodically.

Most driving schools are aware of these rules and regulations. They have to register their students with the transport authorities months ahead of the scheduled tests.

Coming back to the question of computer ignorance among some older potential driving candidates, what driving schools and institutes should ideally do is to tell the candidates the real truth.

Those not able to operate the computer should not be brought in to attend the K.P.P. lectures in the first place.

As a lecturer of the K.P.P. course, which last 5 hours incidentally, it saddens me to see such folks aged 50 and above to have to attend these gruesome 5 hours lectures, inspite of the fact they are unable to sit for the computer tests.

Driving school operators should be more ethical in the way they conduct their businesses. They should inform potential student regarding the real situation and let the students decide as to whether they choose to attend the 5 hour lecture or otherwise.

If potential candidates decide to continue pursuing the course, then they have little choice but to learn up computer technology, which might take even a few months.

A candidate not knowing anything about computers, computer illiterate, so to say, can learn up how to operate a computer in many ways.

Amongst some of the ways recommended are:

1) Get family members to instruct you.

2) Go to most driving school offices which have computer sets nowadays.

3) Go to institutes office, where clerks can help you, for a small fee of RM5 – RM10.

4) You could even visit computer centres all across towns to take up a crash course on computer.

5) You could even engage colleagues to assist you in the office.

As the saying goes, “if there’s will, there’s always a way”.

Regarding the Highway Code test, some students ask, :can the test be conducted in Mandarin, besides English and Bahasa Malaysia?”

Unfortunately, the answer is no!

No other languages are allowed.

Some students, especially from other countries like India, China, Libya and so forth, inquire if they can get study sources like text books and pamphlets in English. To tell you the truth, besides Bahasa Malaysia, securing books and reading material, is difficult, but not impossible.

But do not despair. Try asking your driving instructor to assist you getting what you want in English. If you instructor should work hard enough, it is certain, that you problems would be overcome.

Besides the above mentioned problem regarding computers, make sure that as a potential candidate, you’re not blacklisted in the J.P.J. files. This will prevent your being registered as a candidate.