Viral Car Driver Closes Pelat Nomor Using Lakban, Polda Metro Jaya: Not Ditilangan

JAKARTA - Viral on social media, the driver of the car deliberately closed the license plate of his vehicle with black duct tape. The goal is to avoid electronic ticketing or E-TLE.The driver's action was uploaded to the Instagram account @TMCPoldaMetro. He who was driving a silver car closed the number plate on the number section only.The action was aimed at avoiding ETLE action. This is because the driver violated the odd-even rule.In the video, the driver has been dealt with. However, only a warning without taking a ticket.The Director of Traffic of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Latif Usman, who was confirmed regarding the driver's action, said that the driver's action took place at Simpang Ragunan, Jalan Harsono RM, South Jakarta.However, the driver was not fined or just given a warning."Meanwhile, we haven't ticketed manually, so taking action doesn't have to be a ticket, if they are still able to be warned to be released," Latif said when confirmed, Friday, November 11.Meanwhile, the reason the driver did not get the ticket is because he is currently implementing electronic action. This is also in accordance with the direction of the National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo.Then, based on the results of the examination, the driver's vehicle letter was declared complete."No criminal sanctions, no, it's a violation. So after that it is stopped, the vehicle documents are checked, correct or not? If that's true, tell them to just release them to be warned," said Latif.For information, Polda Metro Jaya has implemented an electronic ticketing scheme. Later, the pattern of prosecution will use E-TLE Mobile which is planned to be launched in December 2022.