Tangerang sees increase in traffic accidents
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang | Mon, 01/02/2012 9:23 PM
“In 2010, we
recorded 736 traffic accidents but the figure increased by 23 percent to 788 in
2011 with 130 people killed on roads,” Tangerang traffic police chief Comr.
Firman Dharmansyah said Monday.
He said 716 of
the cases had ended up in court..
Tangerang Police
oversee the Tangerang regency and the newly created South
Tangerang municipality.
According to
Firman, road accidents had caused at least Rp 1.6 billion in losses because
1,222 vehicles involved in the traffic accidents were written off.
He said that the
main causes of traffic accidents were road users’ ignorance and their disregard
of traffic signs.
“Almost all of
the traffic accidents here began from traffic violations and occurred because
the victims did it deliberately, lacked knowledge or they may have disregarded
the prevailing regulations,” he said, adding that having a driver’s license was
very important.
Firman called on
drivers and motorcyclists to pay attention to the condition of their vehicles,
which also contributed to traffic accidents.
