OK, I've slagged off Malaysian driving standards before in another thread, and perhaps de Guv heard me (or us) and decided to do something about it.
But man - what they've done is insane. My kid wants to get his driving licence, so he has to (?) do training at a driving school. We did some research online, and I'm gobsmacked at the results.
These driving schools are advertising courses that are 6 to 12 months long (WTF!!) and costing from 1,500RM up to 3,500RM!! What kind of insanity is this? 6 months to learn how to drive a car? You know you can get a Private Pilots License in 6 WEEKS if you want! A Commercial Pilots License can be done in12 Months!
When I did my own driving license I did about 4 weeks of driving school - about 10hrs in total. Who the hell gave these 'schools' this license to print money, off the backs of aspiring road users? Please tell me how to get around this nonsense - and I don't mean bribery, that too stinks in this system of BS.

This post has been edited by Colada: Nov 23 2025, 11:22 PM

Here's an update - we went to a locally recommended driving school. They say he can do his Theory and Test in 2 days and can be done next week. BUTTTTT after passing the Theory Test he must wait SIX MONTHS to start driving training!!!
The reason?
So busy lah!
BUTTTT...if we pay for the more expensive 'package'....delay will only be THREE MONTHS!!!
AAAAANDDD.....If we pay for the TOP EXPENSIVE package....can do lessons tomorrow!!! WTF.
This is all just a big bloody scam - trying to screw more money out of people for the same course (all 16 or 18 hrs instruction ONLY) by creating obstacles and asking more money to skip the queue.

We want to find a freelance approved instructor. No other way to do this without having massive delays or expense.