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o improve traffic obedience in the capital, the Jakarta administration in collaboration with the National Police and Indonesian Military is holding a traffic operation named 2019 Lintas Jaya, which will run for the rest of the year starting Monday.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has asked residents to maintain order on city roads by following all the rules, including paying attention to speed limits.

“Motor vehicles are used to transport people from one point to another, but if they travel too fast, they could also transport one’s life from the living world to the afterlife,” the governor told reporters on Monday after the operation’s opening ceremony held at the National Monument in Central Jakarta.

He stressed that the operation was key to creating a traffic-friendly Jakarta, a city that recorded some 30,000 accidents a year, with most victims being motorcyclists.

Jakarta Transportation Agency acting head Sigit Wijatmoko said 700 joint personnel would be involved in the operation, which would run for 200 days.