At Night, The Police Raise The Noise Exhaust At Monas, Sudirman-Thamrin

JAKARTA - Members of the Polda Metro Jaya Ditlantas conducted a raid on vehicles using noisy exhausts in the Monas area to Sudirman-Thamrin tonight.

"We are securing night holidays and filtering the Monas and Sudirman-Thamrin areas from noise pollution due to noisy exhausts and risky motorist behavior," said Director Lalu then Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Sambodo Purnomo Yogo at Polda Metro Jaya, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, 10 March.

Sambodo said the dangerous behavior that also caught the attention of officers was the convoy of vehicles not meeting health protocols and speeding to illegal racing.

This filtering effort did not completely block access to Monas and Jalan Sudirman-Thamrin, but prevented vehicles with noisy exhausts from entering the Monas and Sudirman-Thamrin areas.

"The road is not closed, it continues to run normally as usual, but if there are vehicles that pollute the sound, the exhaust is noisy, then we filter it, we prevent it from entering the Sudirman-Thamrin and Monas areas," he added.

The policy of expanding the noise exhaust and filtering raids will initially be held on the weekend, but it is accelerated in anticipation of crowds due to the Isra Miraj holiday which falls on Thursday, March 11.

The raid was held tonight because there were concerns about the emergence of illegal racing and motorbike convoys that would disturb the public on roads in Jakarta.

Tonight, at least 26 points will be guarded by the police from filtering policies for noisy raids and at risk of motorists. The 26 points start from the Harmoni area, Monas, to the Jalan Trunujoyo area in South Jakarta.