Correct. M'sian driving license is ok with US law enforcement officers.

I have same experience with Hertz.

You can claim your insurance with your Malaysian license.
IDP is not a license it is just a supplementary translation of your license.
It holds no power nor additional advantages.

Cukur I got a physical license when I renewed for 10 years and paid for 9 years last year at pejabat pos

Australia can if visitor and below 3 months i think.

milk more $$$$$ from u

Dey, you sure you know what you are talking about?

What type of insurance do you mean?

For insurance which covers car damage, usually you can buy at car rental agency.

I rented car and drove in these countries; USA, England, Scotland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. I just showed them my driving license and not IDP.

No problem with Europe and UK as well. Drove all over Germany, Swiss and Austria

Ya.. because our license got english on it

unless they want cari pasal with you then thats another story

last time when i flied to US i also carry IDP ; but hertz ppl dont even bother to see

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Feb 11 2024, 10:03 AM

Little napoleons clap happily.

US no need international license.
JP KR needed.

All rental cars

IDP is basically a booklet made of manila card with a passport photo pasted on it using normal glue. Name is also handwritten if not mistaken.

Only valid for 1 year and cost RM150

Actually our lesen is quite laku overseas.

USA, UK, Australia, South korea, Taiwan, South east asia, europe, and many more also can use. No need extra IDP

Now still can get physical license, just need to go JPJ office, queue for long hours, then show prove that you going overseas, approval up to officer discretion, pay RM20 on top of the annual renewal fee.

More bureaucracy, means more chance for kopi duit?

Also, important to note that, even in Malaysia, without physical license, it is driver's responsibility to show the digital license in JPJ app with your phone when requested by JPJ/polis. Failure to produce the said documents is a criminal offence. So if you change phone, remember to install back the JPJ app and remember the login details.

And when you pass your phone to polis to see, basically you also given the consent for them to search thru your phone. And they can open any photo gallery and apps to look for any illegal stuff (eg nudity, prawn, gambling app/website, political stuffs), which give them opportunity to look for any chance to charge you in court, which can land you in jail.

Also, somewhat forced to install a government app in your phone might opens to many privacy concern. Like how much info can the app access in your phone? Location? What if the app is compromised and got hacked, will it open for hackers to hack the phone?

Rindu zaman can go post office renew and get physical card In and out in under 5 minutes.

I drive in the US no problem at all, just ordinary car driving licence, no international license. 😅

Gomen DAP, expect free all?

Correct. What it is saying now, even in Thai and SG, you need to procure the physical card on renewal (rm20) and not the e-renewal (app) which is only valid in Msia.

IDP is a standalone, separate issue itself

This post has been edited by jojolicia: Feb 11 2024, 12:05 PM