Illegal traffic raids

Illegal traffic raids

From Neraca

We live in Jakarta and commute to and fro between our job at a factory in Tangerang and home. On our daily route, either by toll or regular road, we will most certainly meet irregularities conducted by members of the police force and the Traffic and Transportation Control Agency.

Let's start from Jakarta, on Jl. K.H. Hasyim Ashari and Jl. Tg. Selor Raya beside the Roxymas project, which have become an operating ground for the illegal activities of two Sabara traffic officers from a police unit in Jakarta.

That is not all. Illegal raids in broad daylight are also carried out by members of the police force and the agency on Jl. Daan Mogot and at the crossroad leading to the Citra Garden housing estate.

In Tangerang district, two policemen daily prey on passing trucks in the nether region of the Tangerang-Serpong toll bridge from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Still in the Tangerang district, at the exit of the Tangerang toll road, one would certainly find one Sabara member of a Tangerang Police unit waiting for uncovered trucks and open pick- ups from 9 p.m. right through 6 a.m.

We believe that a smoothly running toll road does not need police supervision, except for exceptional cases.

We appeal for stricter action from the authorities concerned to eradicate these irregularities, which are debasing the Traffic Law.

HENDRIKA

Jakarta