Malaysian roads are notoriously bad, but lets be real here, so are its drivers. How many times have you heard of or seen cases where someone is driving on the opposite lane of a highway? The best part is, they always end up driving on the right lane thinking they’re on the left lane. It’s freaking insane how bad it is.
If you ask me what the problem is, people should stop paying for their licenses and maybe absorb what they’re taught at their respective driving schools, ya know? I’ve seen people who’s stupidity on the road is so unparalleled that the only explanation for it is that they paid for a guaranteed “pass”.. But hey, it could just be that we’re all impatient, incompetent and incapable drivers.. Who knows?!
That being said, the Road Transport Department has announced plans to go electronic by getting rid of what is probably one of the main reasons people fail their driving tests, the JPJ officer in the passenger seat evaluating you. Why are they always in a bad mood, right?
Anyway, starting from June 2020, there will be no JPJ officer in the passenger seat making you sweat while you drive for your driving test. You must be wondering how the tests will be conducted then, right? Well, according to JPJ lead director Datuk Seri Shaharuddin Khalid, the test will be conducted with the help of closed circuit cameras (CCTV) and the results will be crunched and tabulated by computers.
Of course, JPJ officers will still be in the picture, albeit confined to the control room where they will be monitoring and giving candidates instructions. The move is aimed at not only helping students focus during the test, but also to increase the department’s integrity. Can’t bribe a JPJ officer if they’re not there now can you?
FALSE.
Just because they’re not there that doesn’t mean that those sitting for the exam can’t kao tim everything before the exam even begins. This move by JPJ is admirable, but I seriously doubt it’s effectiveness in actually cutting down on people who buy their licenses. The JPJ officers are in the end, the ones that are in control of the system anyway, so it seems like a half measure at best.
What do you guys think of this?
