Hamzah says he'll stick to the (road) rules<\/p>\n
Following the public furor after his convoy occupied the busway
\nlane to escape traffic congestion on Monday, Vice President
\nHamzah Haz has decided to observe the existing traffic rules.<\/p>\n
\"I don't need other government officials reminding me of the
\nregulations. From this day on, (my official motorcade) will stop
\nat every red traffic light,\" he said after attending a Cabinet
\nmeeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Hamzah was referring to Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso's remark
\nover the incident, in which he said that use of the dedicated
\nlane was a violation and that a high-ranking state official
\nshould have set a better example.<\/p>\n
Hamzah was not the first state official to break traffic
\nrules. Back in the 1980s, then minister\/state secretary
\nSudharmono dispensed with the privilege but police tricked him by
\nswitching the lights to green along the routes he took.<\/p>\n
Article 34 of Government Regulation No. 43\/1993 on traffic and
\ninfrastructure entitles the police to stop traffic, while Article
\n65 of the same regulation states that road users must give
\npriority -- in order of urgency -- to fire trucks, ambulances,
\ntraffic patrol vehicles, vehicles of the head of state or state
\nvisitors, hearses, convoys, parades, vehicles of people with
\ndisabilities or vehicles designed to transport specified loads.
\n-- JP<\/p>",
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