Content Created for Car Sales That Ignored Safety

JAKARTA — A car convoy featuring zig-zag maneuvers on the Bekasi–Cawang–Kampung Melayu Toll Road (Becakayu), which had gone viral on social media, was carried out to generate content for selling cars. The police revealed that the drivers intentionally performed dangerous maneuvers to attract attention on social media while promoting the vehicles they intended to sell. The Head of the Road Patrol Unit (Kasat PJR) of the Ditlantas of Police Metro Jaya, AKBP Reiki, said some of the drivers involved indeed work in the car trading business. ‘This conduct was solely to create content while selling cars, because some of the drivers work in car trading,’ Reiki told Kompas.com on Saturday, 7 March 2026. ‘So they were advertising the cars they were selling,’ he added. The zig-zag convoy had previously gone viral after being posted by Instagram account @jakarta_siders. In the circulating video, several cars can be seen zig-zagging on the Becakayu Toll Road in the Kalimalang area, East Jakarta, when traffic conditions were relatively light. Although the road appeared quiet, the act was considered dangerous as it could trigger accidents and endanger other road users. ‘We, the drivers who went viral on social media, were driving zig-zag on the Becakayu Toll Road on March 1, 2026 at 04:00 WIB,’ said one driver in the video received by Kompas.com. After the video went viral, the police traced the identities of the drivers through the addresses listed on their vehicle registration certificates (STNK) to confirm their whereabouts. Reiki said authorities had issued verbal warnings to seven people involved in the act. Of those seven, six were driving five cars performing the zig-zag maneuver on the toll road. The remaining one did not drive but filmed the action. ‘We have given verbal warnings; the six people who zig-zag were in five cars, the one who did not zig-zag was filming,’ Reiki explained. Also read: Police Reprimand Drivers of Cars Engaging in Zig-zag on the Becakayu Toll Road