93,000 students riding motorcycles to school without licence

A file picture of police conducting an operation against pupils riding motorcycle without licences in Shah Alam last year.

JOHOR BARU: About 93,600 students nationwide are riding motorcycles without licence to school daily.

Road Transport Department (JPJ) deputy director-general Datuk Yusoff Ayob said these teenagers made up 80% of about 117,000 students who rode motorcycle to school, citing Education Ministry statistics.