Traffic Law Enforcement

Every year,  at least 1 million new cars and about 6 m motorcyces hit the roads in Indonesia.

The driver have the freedom to break traffic regulations.

There are omnipresent sight in cities. [dimana-mana]

Motorcyclist driving without helmets.

Motorcyclist driving against the flow of traffic.

Some of them are too young to drive.

Motorist exceeding the speed limit on toll roads are able to do so without being pulled over by the police. [dihentikan]

The result is more than 105 k traffic accidents – an average of 287 accidents per day,
Killing x people and injuring a further x.

In 2017, the number decreased slightly to x


Operation zebra is a recent traffic law enforcement operation.

It last 2 weeks. [berlangsung]

It showed that .. the more the law is enforced, the lower number of traffic addicents.

On the final day of the operation, the police recorded only 33 traffic accidents  throughout the country.

This is far lower than the number recorded 2 weeks before the operation began, when xx accidents were recorded nationwide. [seluruh negara].

The laws being enforced mainly concerned road safety. [terutama mengenai]

They drive on the wrong side of the road or use phones while driving.

Freedom to break the law

Indonesia has a fairly strict traffic law that covers almost all the dos, don’ts, and details punishment for violators,
Even though Indonesia has a fairly strict traffic law, many still choose to disregard the rules altogether,
So long as the do not see any police in their vicinity. [sekitar] seolah-olah

the number of people living in the immediate vicinity was small.




This lack of desire to abide the law has prompted adults and teenagers to try their luck …[mendorong]

By driving motorcycles without licenses,

5 teenage girls were apprehended after going for a joyride without their parents’ knowledge. [ditangkap]

A group of teenagers was apprehended after they were hit by a car on tomang toll road.

They tried to turn around after realizing they had gone the wrong way.

About 90% of accidents occur in low and middle income countries.
The day is intended to remember the many millions killed and injured on the world’s roads.
Together with many others who are also affected.

Bed bound for two months

Not only are traffic accidents one of the main causes of death around world,
They are also one of the major causes of serious injury.

After an accident in 2016, she was left bed-bound and

She was heavily dependent on her family for help eating, drinking, and bathing.


Both of my arms were broken after the minibus I was riding in was hit by a truck, she recalled.

At that time she was finishing up her studies at Unpad.

She was returning to her home to collect documents she needed for her undergraduate thesis defense.

Only an hour into her journey, her minibus was hit by a truck.

The driver claimed that his brakes failed,
Meaning he was unable to avoid hitting the minibus before coming to a halt on the road separator.

I was lucky to only suffer broken arms, as
One passenger died on the scene
And another was left in coma for several weeks.


They were rushed to a nearby hospital.
However, they were moved to hospitals in Jakarta as the hospital lacked the facilities to treat them.

Despite the fact that the hospital is one of the major receivers of traffic accident victims in the area,

A hospital official told they couldn’t perform the surgery to fix my arms because they didn’t have a necessary equipment.




She has now fully recovered form her physical injuries, but

I will never forget the trauma of that fateful day. [fatal – menentukan]

I am now afraid to take long journeys by car or bus.

Every time I ride in a bus, the memory of being thrown around in the crash still haunts me,
Even 2 years after the accident. [menghantui]