Jepara Police Raids Brong Exhaust In Schools

A number of students were asked to replace the Brong exhaust installed in their vehicle with a standard exhaust, witnessed by the Jepara Police Traffic Unit, Central Java. (ANTARA/HO-Polres Jepara.)

JEPARA - Jepara Resort Police, Central Java, continues to conduct raids on Brong exhausts to schools, after previously on highways and public places.

According to Jepara Police Chief AKBP Wahyu Nugroho Setyawan, schools were targeted for raids because the majority of offenders of Brong exhaust were teenagers who were still students.

Previously, he said, the Jepara Police had visited schools to be educated and socialized regarding the ban on using Brong exhausts for violating the rules and voices disturbing the public.

Based on the Traffic Law Number 22 of 2009, Article 285 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 106 paragraph (3), it is explained that sanctions for recklessly using Brong exhaust can be sentenced to a maximum of one month in prison and a maximum fine of IDR 250 thousand.

The schools targeted were Islamic SMA-SMK Jepara, SMK Negeri 2 Jepara to a number of factories located in Jepara Regency.

As a result, he said, officers found a number of students who were determined to install non-standard exhausts on their vehicles.

Students who were caught were asked to change the non-standard exhaust to the factory's standard exhaust.

"This raid is an effort to narrow the space for the use of Brong exhaust," he said.

Later, he said, Brong exhaust raids in schools and a number of factories will be carried out regularly.

Officers and teachers will comb the school parking lot to ensure students do not commit violations by installing Brong exhausts.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief of the Jepara Police, Kompol Indra Jaya Syafputra, added that the Jepara Police received many reports related to Brong exhaust because residents were quite disturbed by the noise generated.

The Jepara Police Traffic Unit itself has secured 224 Brong exhaust units resulting from raids from 1-10 January 2024. The vehicle owner was asked to replace the Brong exhaust with a standard exhaust, while the Brong exhaust was confiscated to be destroyed.

Agus Abdul Mukhid, a representative from SMK Negeri 2 Jepara expressed his gratitude for the socialization carried out by the Jepara Police.

"We certainly support 'zero exhaust brong'. Schools certainly really support rule enforcement so that no students at school violate traffic rules," he said.