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Police urged to implement e-fines

The Jakarta Transportation Council (DTKJ) has urged the police and city administration to speed up the implementation of the electronic traffic law enforcement (ETLE) system in order to collect the maximum fines from traffic violators

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Sat, December 14, 2013

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Police urged to implement e-fines

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he Jakarta Transportation Council (DTKJ) has urged thepolice and city administration to speed up the implementation of the electronictraffic law enforcement (ETLE) system in order to collect the maximum finesfrom traffic violators.

DTKJ member Mustaqim said in a discussion on Friday that using technology in dealing with traffic offenders was essential, especially in relation to imposing maximum penalties.

'€œThe process can be very efficient as we do not need many officers in the field,'€ he said,

An electronic system would ease the job of police officers as vehicles that violated traffic signs or lanes would be recorded automatically by the ETLE system.

The system would identify the license-plate numbers and the police could send the tickets directly to the offending motorists'€™ addresses.

Jakarta Police traffic security and safety subdivision chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Irvan Prawira said the electronic system for traffic violators would be ready  next year.

'€œWe currently ticket around 13,000 motorists daily. If we want to increase the monitoring and law-enforcement, we have to think of a better system,'€ he said. The technology, however, was expensive, he added.

Central Jakarta District Court judge Jamaludin Samosir said he supported implementing the ELTE system.

'€œThe police and the city administration cannot fully rely on the courts to impose maximum penalties as the judges have the discretion to decide fines based on their own considerations,'€ he said. 

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