67 percent of vehicles fail emission test

67 percent of vehicles fail emission test

JAKARTA (JP): More than half of the 1,307 vehicles randomly
selected for the recent emission tests conducted by the city
administration failed the test, an official says.

Quoting the preliminary result of the tests, the head of the
city environment bureau, Aboejoewono Aboeprajitno, said on Monday
that only 39 percent of the vehicles passed the test.

"We still have to wait for the final result which will be
completed in two weeks," Aboejoewono said.

The bureau, in cooperation with several related agencies such
as the city police, the city land transport agency and city
health office, tested 1,307 vehicles over a period of six days,
starting June 11. These included private cars and public
transportation such as taxi and buses. The emission tests were
conducted in conjunction with World Environment Day.

Most of the vehicles which failed the test were private cars
and taxis.

"The vehicles produced high levels of carbon monoxide, carbon
dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, hydrocarbon, dust and smoke. All were
above the permitted levels," he said.

"Surprisingly, the condition of city buses is relatively good
as only 30 percent of the vehicles failed the test. This is very
interesting," he said.

The city has a total of 2.5 million vehicles, 700,000 of which
are public transportation vehicles, which have been widely blamed
for causing pollution.

He also said that his office plans to follow up on the tests,
especially on those that failed.

"My office and the police have the vehicles' data.
The police will not issue new plate numbers if the owners fail to
fulfill all requirements related to the emission test,"
Aboejoewono said. (yns)