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Police focus on "Brexit" jam but ignore other exits
Many Police officers are seen guarding and managing the traffic flow in Brebes and Tegal routes, the two most important intersections in Central Java for motorists from Jakarta and West Java heading to their home villages to celebrate Idul Fitri. None, or only a handful however can be seen at other exits along the toll road although they are equally congested.
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A police stands among the long queue of cars in East Brebes, as thousands people take part in the homecoming tradition (mudik) to celebrate Idul Fitri with their families in their hometown. (tribunnews.com/-)
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span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Many Police officers are seen guarding and managing the traffic flow in Brebes and Tegal routes, the two most important intersections in Central Java for motorists from Jakarta and West Java heading to their home villages to celebrate Idul Fitri. None or only a handful however can be seen at other exits along the toll road although they are equally congested.
The East Brebes exit, given its importance and notoriety, has earned the nickname Brexit.
With the exit in East Brebes severely congested, some motorists took the Pejagan exit in West Brebes. But it still took them up to 13 hours just to enter Brebes..
"We saw many officers in the city, but hardly any in the Pejagan-Brebes and Brebes-Tegal routes," Bumi Hadyarti, who started her journey from Bekasi (West Java) to Surakarta (Central Java) on Saturday night, told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
"We saw just one officer managing the traffic flow in Wanasari [West Brebes] and he seemed overwhelmed." .
The traffic hardly moved because many cars parked on the shoulder of the road.
Long lines were seen at the six gas stations in the route, even though some of them had ran out of supply, she said. (ags)
