Car-Free Day

Car-Free Day

From Media Indonesia

This newspaper published a picture of the recent Car-Free Day
in Jakarta. It is a pity that the picture shows an empty road
being used as a playground for soccer.

In fact, the Car-Free Day organizing committee should have
asked people to use the roads for other activities in observance
of Car-Free Day. Of course, the committee should also have
provided a special car lane for emergency purposes.

Hopefully, the picture referred to earlier does not encourage
residents to make use of empty roads as playgrounds because
playing on the road is hazardous.

SUWANDI TANZIL
Jakarta