Operate Tourist Electric Vehicles Despite Polemics, Gibran: Karo Satlantas Wae Okay

Illustration-Solo tourist electric vehicle which has been operating since early 2022 (ANTARA)

SOLO - Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka continues to operate electric tourist vehicles even though there has been a polemic regarding safety permits that have not been pocketed by this mode of transportation.

"Karo (by) Satlantas (Police) is okay. It's also called a tour guide, just keep going," Gibran said in Solo as quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 6.

However, Gibran advised that the operation of the electric-fueled tourist vehicle should be carried out carefully.

"The important thing is to be careful, that's all. After all, it's been going slowly," he said again.

National transportation observer Djoko Setijowarno suggested that the tourist electric car should not be operated on the highway. If you want to operate the car on the road, you must first go through a type test so that a type test registration letter (SRUT) is issued.

"On the basis of the SRUT from the Directorate General of Transportation, the police issue a vehicle registration number and license plate. In addition, as public transportation, periodic tests or KIR must be carried out every six months," he said.

He said if the electric car, which was a grant from the Tahir Foundation, was still operated on public roads, then the manager could be charged with the Traffic and Road Transport Law, which is subject to sanctions in accordance with Article 277 of the 2009 LLAJ (Traffic and Road Transport) Law.

In the article it is explained that every person who imports motorized vehicles, trailers, and patch trains into the territory of the Republic of Indonesia, manufactures, assembles, or modifies motorized vehicles that cause a change in type, trailer, patch carriage, and special vehicles operated within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. a country that does not fulfill the type test obligation as referred to in Article 50 paragraph (1) shall be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of 1 (one) year or a maximum fine of Rp. 24,000,000.00 (twenty four million rupiah).

Therefore, according to him, for now it is better for the Solo City Government to operate the electric car in a closed area or not on the highway.

"It's not a tourist problem but the road it takes. If it is operated in a closed location, for example in the Jurug area or at the Surakarta City Hall Office, there is no number plate nor is a problem. If it's on a public road, it must be related to passenger safety, you must get insurance coverage," he said again. .