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Police revise notorious motorcycle driver’s license test
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An applicant obtains a driver's license at the Daan Mogot vehicle document registration center (samsat) in West Jakarta on May 12, 2020. (Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga)
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he National Police are rolling out a modified driving test for motorcycle license applicants in response to criticism that the previous version was too difficult for the general public.
The new test became available on Friday at some vehicle document registration centers (Samsat) in Daan Mogot, West Jakarta; Tangerang regency and South Tangerang, Banten; and Depok and Bekasi, West Java.
“The new course doesn’t abandon the assessment of safety and driver’s skills,” said Jakarta Police traffic corps director Sr. Comr. Latif Usman on Thursday, as reported by Antara.
The new practical test is held on an S-shaped circuit with a width 2.5 times that of a typical motorcycle. The police have dropped the zigzag, or slalom, driving test, which was considered the most difficult part of the previous examination.
The previous track was only 1.5 times the width of a motorbike.
New applicants still have to complete a written test and a driving simulator.
In June, National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo ordered the traffic corps to reevaluate the motorcycle driving test.
