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Driving in Malaysia
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Left
60 / 90 / 110 km/h · 37 / 56 / 68 mph
urban / rural / motorway
Recommended · Both accepted
Many EU licences are accepted for tourist rentals, but rental desks and police both prefer to see an IDP alongside - carry one.
0.05%
The North–South Expressway and most peninsula motorways are tolled and now cashless - rentals come with a Touch 'n Go card, which you top up.
Not required by day.
Mandatory for children under 135 cm or age seven since 2020; rental agencies stock them on request.
Malaysia is the easiest country in Southeast Asia to self-drive - good roads, clear signage in Malay and English, disciplined motorway traffic. Borneo's interior roads are a different proposition and need a 4×4 in the wet.