Planning to do road trip visiting a few countries like Czech, Hungary, Austria etc. can use MY license? Don feel like paying for idp

Only the person at car rental company's counter able to tell u

No. You cannot use. Need international permit. Same as we Europeans cannot use our license in Malaysia. We also need a permit.

convert to intl

better get international driving license at JPJ

and even if people say can, it's never about the license...it's about your skill
please don't bring your malaysian driving skill to EU, you won't survive 5 mins there

There's no such thing as international driving licence issued by jpj. It's called IDP, not IDL.

I've driven multiple times in the UK without an IDP (Only avis needs an idp for rental for non eu driving licenses).

I have taken that same car and driven it into france and ireland, all without an idp.

i have also driven in norway, sweden and denmark without an idp, with a car that was rented in the oslo airport.

likewise, my norweigian, greek , australian and british friends and family have rented cars and driven here without an idp or permit of any kind.

the only issue we had was my brother with an australian license tried to drive into thailand, and was told that only malaysian drivers are allowed to drive there.

his malaysian license was expired, so he had to switch drivers with my dad.


as long as its a holiday it should be fine, long term you will need to get their actual license

don't care what it's called, u can get that for RM100
but i believe a majority of malaysians can't even survive 5 mins driving overseas even with all the permits they bought

good sharing. Thanks a bunch

no one's gonna understand what's written on your license when you show them. means no license. capeesh? idp is a certified translation of our driving license in those country that recognize it.

then I must be lucky bcoz I survived driving in uk.

there are 2 ways to see it

1. you really got proper driving skill
2. you just pretend overseas(most of them are this type)

my license got engrish la
Hence the question
I do know it’s just a translation that why wondering if got such need

like one of the commenter above I could rent a car with my license when in uk but I only drove in England. Never drive out of the country

This post has been edited by pjbucket: Nov 24 2024, 02:30 PM

Driving is about skill.

You're not dealing with authorities. No need to fuss about license/permit.

did not get caught doesn't mean you can. depends on whether the authorities there want to cari pasal with you or not.

Rented a car in Holland to drive around. No IDP required, they accepted our license as they can understand what's written on it.

Just be extra careful when driving there as RHD and LHD can be confusing when u drive. Also respect the zebra crossing and road signs 😁

Yes you can. I have driven countless times.

last time i rented car in amsterdam, go round europe to germany, austria, italy, swiss, france, luxemborg, belgium than back to amsterdam. Got minor accident as well in san siro stadium (got insurance covered) with just malaysian license. The rental company said they accepted malaysian license

What do u mean can't survive even 5 min?

Yes can

That is not true. It depends on country

look at the way our drivers are driving on a daily basis
even the most basic thing also we have trouble already

usage of signal, playing with phone while driving, trouble staying within own lane, difficulty driving within the speed limit, stopping for pedestrian crossing or zebra line, stopping before the white line, obeying the traffic light....u name it, we have trouble even doing these basic stuff
so how does these drivers able to survive even 5 mins overseas?

even the zebra line crossing alone we already cannot obey but it's done strictly overseas

just this morning, i already saw somebody being pulled over for using the bus lane

Done that in Germany in June

no IDP required, but make sure you bring your physical license along

Why you say so, I okay jer drive in Australia with no idp
Never kena honked at

that means you're driving properly and u follow the rules

not the same to those who wanted to bring their malaysian driving skill overseas

the perfect legendary case



This post has been edited by MR_alien: Nov 24 2024, 07:39 PM

Some countries need IDP some don't.
During the car rental pickup they won't ask to see IDP, but if police stop you then they might ask for one if they country requires it.

So to be safe, spend the RM150 and get IDP for a peace of mind.

English speaking country can since our license now got english translation.
That was the reason previous government did that.

IDP doesn't replace your license. It is just a translation.
You still need your original license. Not e-card.


This post has been edited by LamboSama: Nov 24 2024, 07:20 PM

2017 I rented a car in Estonia, Scotland and Iceland with Malaysian license. Not sure of still applicable.

I've driven in Iceland, UK, Czech and Austria with only JPJ issued license as recent as 2022. No issue with car rental, cops in Iceland have pulled me over for random checks at 3AM, and told me everything is in order and wished me a safe holiday.

I drove in Korea and its quite hard to adapt to the road, especially doing 90 degree turn lol. Dunno why our driving standard set to such way when most developed countries are all left hand drive.

But still, best moment in my life.

Follow British mah, same like our electrical standard, education, law and political, railway etc...

when driving overseas....2 lane exit to 2 lane really means that
here....right lane will turn and suddenly he will be half or full car on the left lane after the turn
drivers here just cannot turn from the right lane and then exit perfectly on the right lane

and these people are only driving an axia/viva/myvi only....overseas are doing that using something like a C class size car minimum

in that case today, we still need to go JPJ to request for a physical license

European country that I driven before
Germany No
Italy No
Austria No
Swiss No
Liechtenstein No
Turkiye No

From what I learnt if your driving license didn't not have English translation (like our old license) or the country you gonna visit use non English driving license (ie Kanji character like Japan or SK) u will need IDP.

most places especially first world countries post-covid accept digital versions. I don't imagine it being a problem. Just say that MY no longer issues physical licenses as of 2024.

that doesn't seem to work in SG or thailand
thailand even release a video begging malaysians to get physical license

so yeah, the whole thread's advice is for precaution....get the physical license and get the IDP
u don't wanna fly so far only to be told u can't drive because u wanna save RM150

To be safe just ask the rental company whether they need idp..& if you been stopped by local police..

Rather than worry about IDP better if u study different toll system and driving rules of each country if u plan to drive cross border.

Some require vignette some use toll system like Msia some no toll at all..

Pre 2020 the use of dashcam were heavily regulated in country like Swiss & Austria due to their over emphasize on privacy law, but now I heard they relaxed it a bit.

This post has been edited by gogocan: Nov 24 2024, 08:32 PM

This. Also in europe zebra crossing isn't for decoration. Even turning into roads, pedestrians have priority (even when vehicles having the green light shown)

Not sure about SG in recent years. Driven there once in 2018, wouldn't do it again.

Thailand's cops are notoriously corrupt, wouldn't dare either haha.

But yes, skimp on the 150 if you want to, in all likelihood you'll never need it. Think of it as an insurance.

just be safe, get an IDP from JPJ. Should cost you around RM150 for your peace of mind

basically what he meant is that diff country diff rules, so alot of malaysians would be confused

few examples i can think of from my travels overseas last time that is not taught in MY

1. the zipper merging rule
2. pedestrian ALWAYS FIRST
3. crossing a crossroad
4. rigid speed limit

Can. Rented a car and drove italy and swiss
No prob.

Last time I go Germany for business trip... Need to apply international driving permit. You can go ask jpj


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I dunnolah, you gonna spend few k for plane tickets, hotels, makan and car rental. BUT, refuse to spend 100/150 ringgit for a piece of mind. Cannot brain the logic. Like someone said, its like buying insurance, and its actually cheaper than a proper travel insurance. Just get it lah.

Definitely!

thailand cops aren't corrupt, we just want to bring our bad parking culture there....and then surprised why thai cops so fast spring into action and clamp your car

u can't wrongly parked or double park in thailand, not even in their rural town...it will get clamped very fast unlike in malaysia
the reason why i say we can't even survive driving 5 mins overseas no matter where is because we're so used to driving in malaysia(the completely wrong way) and cannot accept that we can't be doing this and that anymore overseas

Need to get the international license first baru can drive overseas

it is advisable to have IDP on hand, just pay RM150 and passport size photo will do, any UTC JPJ or JPJ branch is able to do it within 15mins.