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Police disseminate information odd-even policy, no ticketing yet
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Vehicles stuck in traffic in Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta on June 20. The Jakarta administration started the implementation of a month-long trial of an odd-even license plate policy on Wednesday. (Antara/Aprilio Akbar)
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n the first day of the odd-even traffic policy trial on Wednesday, police officers familiarized motorists on the policy by distributing brochures along the affected roads – Jl. Sudirman, Jl. MH Thamrin, Jl. Gatot Subroto and Jl. Rasuna Said.
Tickets have yet to be issued during the trial period.
The trial period will run until Aug. 26, after which the Jakarta administration will decide whether it will formally implement the policy or find an alternative policy to ease traffic along major thoroughfares in the capital.
“We have yet to enforce the rule on cars with plates ending with an even number passing the affected roads on odd dates during the trial,” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Corm. Awi Setiyono told journalists Wednesday.
Under the policy, during odd dates, only cars with odd license plate numbers are allowed to use the thoroughfares and during even dates, only cars with even plate numbers are allowed to pass. The policy is enforced from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
If the policy is officially implemented, those found in violation may face two month’s imprisonment or an Rp 500,000 (US$38) fine.
However, those exempt from the policy are official cars of the President, Vice President, ministers, ambulances, motorcycles, taxis, public transportation, fire trucks and staple food trucks.
Yoga Adiwinarto from the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) said the Jakarta administration and the Jakarta Police needed to find a better way to monitor license plate numbers.
“The even-odd policy is difficult to control, therefore police and the Jakarta administration should find an effective way how to enforce the policy,” Yoga told The Jakarta Post Wednesday. (rez/bbn)
