Weekend Car in Malaysia.
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Just wondering, if i drive a weekend car in Malaysia. I will not break any malaysian law right??
Because the insurance will still be valid if driven during non-weekend time.
Anybody knows the legality of this?
me asking because no point having a 2nd car that is non off peak. -
hmm...gd qns
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I drive a weekend car up to Malaysia regularly and have had no problems. If you are really worried, contact your Insurance Company and confirm.
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Ya, the insurance does cover you during non-peak period because when you are not driving, you car still have to be insured. and also if you buy those coupons, you need to be insured what.
so i was thinking if you drive without those coupons in malaysia. will the police like stop you and ask where the coupons are? i seriously doubt it because they ain't empowered to enforce singapore laws.
Unless having us to comply with country of registration laws is part of the requirements that allows us to drive in malaysian road is part of malaysian law.. then its a different story. -
this restricted hours thing only applies to Singapore la. you can take your OPC and drive anywhere around the world 24x7 without any problems, malaysia included.Originally posted by Ponders:so i was thinking if you drive without those coupons in malaysia. will the police like stop you and ask where the coupons are? i seriously doubt it because they ain't empowered to enforce singapore laws.
uniquely singapore indeed. -
the road tax paid is only for singapore roads. however some very smart malaysia police may stop and ask for some kopi money. its a tradition practice there to stop singapore cars for lunch and dinner.
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Well, what can I say, some smart malaysian police and some dumb singaporean driver likes to makan together.Originally posted by AF2005:the road tax paid is only for singapore roads. however some very smart malaysia police may stop and ask for some kopi money. its a tradition practice there to stop singapore cars for lunch and dinner.
Anyway, alreay got lots of incident of Singaporean driver giving Kopi money but still got summon anyway. So be smart!
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FYI, it may be better to accept the summons than pay kopi money. Although the Malaysian police will tell you the fine is RM300, that is the max. Usually, the fine is only around RM70-100 (depending on how fast you were going).Originally posted by wbucket:Well, what can I say, some smart malaysian police and some dumb singaporean driver likes to makan together.
Anyway, alreay got lots of incident of Singaporean driver giving Kopi money but still got summon anyway. So be smart!
Half the time, when you say you will take the summons, the cops will just drop the matter. All they want is the kopi money. -
most insurane do cover up for leisure car drive to malaysia(12 or slightly more per year),as long as you do not drive to malaysia dailys every month. That you have to tell your insurance company to review your preium plan. It will be higher. It is to safe guard your car and accident preium on your passenger too. If not any accident ,there they will void your indurance claim.
Therefore, check with your insurance company,if you travelled more.
week-end car, you can drive there weekday too. if you can reach over to JB -immigrant before 7a.m. you can spend the whole day there driving,without the coupon and come back to singapore -immigrant after 7pm. You are safe.
i have try that a few years back when the weekend car scheme started during 1991. -
No matter how smart, such acts are not toleratedOriginally posted by AF2005:the road tax paid is only for singapore roads. however some very smart malaysia police may stop and ask for some kopi money. its a tradition practice there to stop singapore cars for lunch and dinner. -
Confirm! But you know, this world worked on the supply and demand chain. As long as there are dumb Singaporean drivers who are willing to supply, there will be Smart Malaysian police who demand for them.Originally posted by sbst275:No matter how smart, such acts are not tolerated
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I have been driving my weekend car into Malaysia (4-6 times a year) for the last 2.5 years without any problems. Some of these were long trips up to Penang for a week or so and I've never been hassled by the cops (except for speeding
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It is usually the Southern Malaysia police that know of the OPC that they would try to be funnyOriginally posted by Dijon:I have been driving my weekend car into Malaysia (4-6 times a year) for the last 2.5 years without any problems. Some of these were long trips up to Penang for a week or so and I've never been hassled by the cops (except for speeding )
The Northern or Central based Malaysian police not many do know -
penang very far. how long do you have to take? how much is the toll for penang bridge?Originally posted by Dijon:I have been driving my weekend car into Malaysia (4-6 times a year) for the last 2.5 years without any problems. Some of these were long trips up to Penang for a week or so and I've never been hassled by the cops (except for speeding ) -
My all time record for SIN-PEN was 7 hours 20 mins (with 2 stops for petrol and makan).Originally posted by AF2005:penang very far. how long do you have to take? how much is the toll for penang bridge?
I usually plan on 8.5 hours. The trick is not to stop too often and keep the stops to a short duration. Every minute you stop adds 2 mins to your journey time.
Penang Bridge toll is about RM8 (I think). Never pay much attention as I use a Touch & Go card (worth getting as I estimate it saves me about 20 mins of journey time
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Well I've never had issue driving through Johor or JB.Originally posted by sbst275:It is usually the Southern Malaysia police that know of the OPC that they would try to be funny
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I think its fine as those weekend cars pay smaller road tax to sg goverment not m'sia goverment. Even cars who pay full road tax , not even one portion goes to the m'sia goverment ... all go S'pore goverment.
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Ya I wonder how funny can they be? Cause red plate has nothing to do with Malaysia.Originally posted by sbst275:It is usually the Southern Malaysia police that know of the OPC that they would try to be funny
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The nature of corruption will never change in one...Originally posted by wbucket:Ya I wonder how funny can they be? Cause red plate has nothing to do with Malaysia.
There was even a rumour spread years back that OPC cars cannot enter Malaysia