Dishub Launches 'CCTV Takeover' to Educate Road Users at Junctions
The Jakarta Provincial Transport Department (Dishub) has launched the ‘CCTV Jakarta Takeover’ road safety education programme, an innovation designed to deliver safety messages to road users via loudspeakers at several major intersections.
The Head of the Jakarta Provincial Transport Department, Budi Awaluddin, stated that this programme is the first of its kind in Jakarta, utilising loudspeakers at traffic junctions as an educational medium involving collaborators.
“The hope is that this method can increase awareness among road users to be more disciplined and make traffic safety a shared habit,” Budi said in Jakarta on Wednesday.
For this inaugural programme, Dishub DKI has partnered with collaborators Anastasia Putri (Mpok Caca) and comedian Yudhabrajamusti to deliver safety appeals directly to the public via CCTV systems.
Currently, loudspeakers are available at six major intersections: Harmoni, Patung Kuda, Bank Indonesia, Sarinah, Bundaran Senayan, and Simpang Millenium. Education has already been conducted by Mpok Caca and Yudhabrajamusti at the Simpang Millenium, Bank Indonesia, and Sarinah intersections.
Moving forward, Dishub DKI plans to add more loudspeaker points following surveys of various traffic intersections to expand the reach of the educational programme.
Through this programme, the public is reminded to obey traffic lights, stop behind the stop line, wear helmets and seatbelts, prioritise pedestrians, and avoid using mobile phones while driving.
This programme is part of an effort to build a culture of traffic discipline through an approach that is more personal, creative, and relevant to the community. The use of CCTV integrated with loudspeakers also aligns with the development of technology-based surveillance to enhance road safety.
“We hope this programme can increase public awareness to be more disciplined in traffic. In the future, education via speakers at traffic intersections will continue to be carried out regularly by Transport Department officers so that a culture of traffic order can continue to grow within society,” said Budi.