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No fines to be imposed during e-ticket trial next month: Police
A CCTV-aided system to ticket drivers for traffic violations will go live for trials next month, but no fines will be imposed just yet, police say.
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A CCTV-aided system to ticket drivers for traffic violations will go live for trials next month, but no fines will be imposed just yet, police say. (Shutterstock/-)
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olice will not impose any fines on drivers breaking traffic rules recorded on CCTV during a trial run of the new electronic ticketing system, dubbed Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement (ETLE). The trial will run for the month of October.
"There will be no fines, because it’ll be just a trial," Jakarta Police traffic unit chief Sr. Comr. Yusuf said on Thursday, as quoted by tempo.co.
The police would announce the ETLE system to the public on Oct. 1 as they would begin to test the effectiveness and accuracy of the CCTV cameras, Yusuf said.
The trial will take place on Jl. Sudirman and Jl. M.H. Thamrin. Four CCTV cameras will be installed at the locations with high rates of traffic violations.
The cameras could detect several types of traffic violations, Yusuf said, such as violations on road signs, traffic lights and the odd-even policy.
The cameras also could detect wrong-way drivers and people who were not using their seatbelts, "even if the windows are dark,” Yusuf added.
Data on violators of traffic rules will be sent directly to the Jakarta Police's Traffic Management Center (TMC) on the same day.
Police will then issue and send a ticket to the vehicle owner’s address. If the owner has moved house, police will send the ticket to the new address. (stu)
