One fine day, I decided to be a Grab driver. After googling for an hour, I found a 'Grab driver-partners car rental programme' site, which interested me since I had no car. After a minute of filling up the online form, I waited half day before receiving a SMS asking me to go to Grab Driver Centre Axis the next day to finish the registration process.
On 22nd November 2019, I drove approximately an hour to reach the GDC Axis in Petaling Jaya. I parked my car and walked enthusiastically into GDC building. There were at least 50 people lining up. There was a notice, prompting newly registered driver to go to Counter 22. No queue was required. The man asked for my Identification Card and driving license. After a short registration into his system, he asked me to wait at Counter 19. A nice chap asked me whether I had done my PSV training. I told him I was unfamiliar with PSV. He described the whole process of registering for a Grab driver. At the end of his explaination, he asked me to pay RM50 being payment for summon check, bankruptcy check and other administrative checks. He took my face photo as I stood on its white wall. I was asked to undergo an online training which I took half an hour to complete.
Time spent for the whole registration process (including driving time) - 4 hours
Money spent - Car petrol (RM10 for 50km drive), Toll (RM5), Parking fee (RM3), Administrative fees (RM50) - A total of RM68
After three working days, I received a Whatsapp post that my application was approved. I had to drive to GDC again to pay RM450 being payment for car rental deposit (RM350) and administration fee (RM100). I attended the New driver classroom training for two hours and undergone a medical check up which was paid by Grab company (current promotion).
The last part of the Grab driver's requirement was getting a PSV license. I registered for my PSV training online (grb.to/GR_psv) and did an Instant Cash Transfer of RM80 to GrabCar Sdn Bhd. The current available slot for the PSV training will be on 7 December 2019 (Saturday).
Time spent for classroom training and medical check up (including driving time) - 7 hours
Money spent - Car petrol (RM10 for 50 km drive), Toll (RM5), Parking fee (RM11), Car rental deposit and administrative fee (RM450), PSV training fee (RM80) - A total of RM556
