Compactly Rejects Illegal Strobo And Public Sensitivity Against Official Arrogance

Screenshot of a video clip showing car repair officer with license plate number RI 36 pointing at a taxi driver, Ranu (8/1/2025). (ANTARA/X/@txttransportasi/am)

JAKARTA The 'stop tot wuk wuk' movement is only one of a series of people's anger over the arrogance of officials, according to observers.

The social media scene is being shocked by the 'stop tot tot wuk wuk' movement. This term refers to the sound of sirens and vehicles that are usually used by officials on the highway.

Not only the 'stop tot wuk wuk' movement, many netizens also put stickers that read 'Our tax is on your vehicle. Stop noisy on the Tot tot wuk wuk!'

This movement received a lot of support from various circles of society. Starting from angkot drivers, online motorcycle taxi drivers, to Indonesian celebrities.

Researcher of the Department of Politics and Social Change Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Nicky Fahrizal said that currently the public is sensitive to the prevalence and behavior of officials in public spaces.

The siren sound and it is considered disturbing other road users, not infrequently endangering them. In addition, the massive use of sirens for official travel is also considered a symbol of arrogance that makes it difficult for road users.

Not without reason, this claim appears among the public. Officials who use sirens and o on their journey often ask for their own space and divide the congestion that residents feel everyday.

Along with the busy movement 'stop tot wuk wuk wuk' which has been busy lately, public memory has returned to January 2025 when a video circulated showing the arrogance of operational car patents for artists as well as the Presidential Special Envoy for the Development of the Young Generation and Art Workers, Raffi Ahmad with the RI36 number plate. The public is upset because Patwal members act arrogantly to pave the way for Raffi vehicles to pass.

Responding to public unrest, the Head of the Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas) of the National Police, Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho, said that his party had frozen the use and siren "tot tot wuk wuk" to escort the vehicle. Agus said the police were evaluating the use of the siren.

He emphasized that the use of sirens and rotator lights on the highway is limited only to urgent and priority conditions. Even so, Agus emphasized that the escort of certain official vehicles will still be carried out, but with sirens and those that are no longer a priority. He also said that private vehicles are not entitled to escort.

Transportation observer Djoko Setijowarno said that the use of sirens and rotators, known as, which is inappropriate, is the reason people reject it.

"People are quite hot with noise on the streets," he told VOI.

Djoko also appreciated the steps taken by the National Police Headquarters, Inspector General Pol. Agus Suryonugroho to curb the use of sirens and rotators on the highway. This temporary policy is a good first step to restore the applicable rules. Most people agree that this control should not only be temporary.

"The use of sirens and rotators outside of their designation has become a chronic problem that triggers injustice and chaos on the road," said the Deputy Chairperson of the Central Indonesian Transportation Community (MTI) Empowerment and Development Area.

Meanwhile, CSIS Department of Politics and Social Change researcher Nicky Fahrizal reminded that the public is currently sensitive to civilese and official behavior in public spaces.

Residents' anxiety is not only seen in the 'stop tot tot wuk wuk' movement, but also many other things, such as the spotlight on the luxurious lifestyle of officials' families who are often exhibited on social media. Not to mention the income of DPR members which sparked massive demonstrations in a number of areas at the end of last August.

Later, the spotlight was also focused on the police to raise pressure on Polri reform. Nicky reminded that now people are increasingly sensitive in supervising elite behavior.

"In the 'tot tot wuk wuk' case, the public began to speak up because of the use of sirens and what was inappropriate, both by officials and not officials, disturbing the comfort on the road," said Nicky.

He appreciated the decision to temporarily suspend the use of sirens and by the authorities. But on the other hand, he reminded the importance of officials maintaining attitudes and behavior so as not to harm the public in the midst of sensitive community conditions.

Specifically for the case of using sirens and rotators, Nicky hopes that control will be carried out consistently. Law enforcement, he said, should not only be aggressive when the public spotlight is high.

"Usually when public sensitivity increases, raids are carried out. But, when attention subsides, action is followed by slack," he said.

He also encouraged the rules for using sirens and strictly enforced the dangid, including who has the right to use and for what purposes. Enforcement of the rules, should not be selective in order to create smoothness and driving order on the road.

He reminded that roads are built to fulfill common interests. In addition, officials who often pass by on salaries from the tax mechanism. "Anyone who uses, official or not, is highlighted. The public is watching. Awareness increases, public sensitivity sharpens," concluded Nicky.