Tue, 03 Feb 2004

Holidaymakers swarm in traffic

BOGOR: As holidaymakers were returning to the capital on Monday, the last day of the Islamic Day of Sacrifice holidays, traffic officers applied a one-way traffic system at the Cipanas hill resort, Cianjur regency.

The decision was made at about 3:15 p.m. as the road was already heavily congested.

According to Antara, traffic at the Indonesia Safari Park in Cisarua was traveling at a speed of only five kilometers per hour.

As a result, vehicles traveling in opposite directions had to wait their turns before proceeding.

A one-way traffic system is usually applied on weekends. -- Antara