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Police issue red tickets for odd-even violators

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Tue, August 30, 2016

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Police issue red tickets for odd-even violators A police officer tickets a motorist, who violated the odd-even policy on Jl. Sudirman, Central Jakarta. The policy was fully enforced on Aug. 30. (kompas.com/-)

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n the first day of the odd-even traffic policy’s implementation, Jakarta traffic police officers issued red tickets for violators of the policy, requiring them to attend a hearing to decide the fine’s amount, an official has said.

Jakarta Transportation Agency head Andri Yansyah said on Tuesday that the police would issue blue tickets in the coming days for the violators, meaning that they had to pay a Rp 500,000 (US$37.68) fine via banks if they wanted to get back their driver’s license.

“Currently, we will give them red tickets first. In the near future we will issue blue tickets,” Andri told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday. 

Previously, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said the police had to issue blue tickets directly to violators, but Andri said issuing red tickets first was expected to deter violators from repeating their mistakes. 

On Tuesday, many of the violators said they forgot the regulation had been implemented. Some of them said they did not know about the policy. On Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat, police caught 11 violators.

“I forgot that the policy started today. My relatives got into an accident, so I’m heading to Gatot Subroto Hospital in hurry,” said Hermawan, one of the violators.

The policy will be implemented on three major thoroughfares, such as Jl. Sudirman, Jl. Gatot Subroto and Jl. M.H Thamrin at 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (bbn)

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