Do you drive by yourself??

Hi Vingyan, I also got my first driving license when I was 18 years old,I got it when I was in Indonesia during my high school time. I did not fully utilize my driving license and after that I went overseas for further study. Till I married my husband, I feel the need to have a driving license for myself. It will be more convenience for me to drive myself rather than asking my hubby to drive me out. At this moment, I am sharing a car with my husband. We are only a small family and at this point of time, we don't see the need to have 2 cars at home as it will be burden to us also. Therefore, during day time, I seldom drive a car unless I have some urgent things to settle, then I will send him to work and have to fetch him back home late afternoon.Normally only weekend or night time, I will drive myself out. Oh my good, your sister got a summon. How much it costs? I remembered well my husband also got summon parking at the yellow line,lucky does not cost much ,only RM50 and my husband went to pay on the same day. Got discount somemore,only need to pay RM30. I always pay extra attention to roadtax and driving license,make sure it is still valid before driving out. It is not worthy to get summon just because we overlook them!!!

Hello Shia, Yeah, get a car for myself is a burden too, ! But I am glad that I don't use my car that much so I still can cover the petrol fee! LOL. For my sister, she got the summon because of 2 reasons. First, her road tax is over due, secondly, her car insurance didn't renew. Normally the sales agent will call her up to remind her to renew everything that is due date! But some how this year, the agent is not doing so! My sister has to pay RM300 X 2 because of the two issues there.

Hi Vingyan, Do you mean that you pay for our own petrol fee for your car? Since you do not drive it often,it is still ok,at least does not cost that much. Such a bad day for your sister, that is a big amount of money. Just to share with you,my husband has a bad day yesterday morning. On his way to work, he knocked someone's car ,the good news is that another party car is Ok,but then our own car is not in good condition,the front left bumper is damaged and need to go for repair,it will cost few hundreds bucks again. Such a bad day for him !!!

Hi Cwong, You seem enjoy driving yourself.That is great !! I also prefer to drive by myself to wherever place that I like to go,rather than has to depend on my husband all the time. Especially when out for shopping, I prefer to go by myself. You know some guys don't really like shopping,I always feel uncomfortable to shop with my husband as he will follow me here and there and seems getting impatient. Does it means last time there is no need to go through any practical and theory test to get a driving license??

Shia.. we still need to go through the test, but I think it's much easier compare to the one now..

I think at the moment the driving licence lasts until you are 70, but I wouldn't be suprised if that changes.

Hi Katsalot, Living in rural area is more inconvenience if you are not able to drive by yourself. Having own car make yourself to travel anytime you like. I am just wondering do you need to renew your driving license or it is once in a lifetime??? In Malaysia, we have to renew our driving license,it is depend on the period that we want. we can choose either 1 year, 2 years,3 years or more. The longer the period,the costly it is. I have my malaysia driving license around 4.5 years ago and it took me about a month to complete the learning process and passed both the theory and practical exam. Now, I am like a Free Bird,can drive to anyplace that I like ,provided my car is at home.