AKAP Bus That Pasang Klakson 'Tellolet' Will Not Pass Ramp Check Test At Terminal

Officers inspect AKAP bus/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The Motor Vehicle Testing Service Unit (UP PKB) Pulogadung, East Jakarta, did not pass the AKAP Bus carrying the Eid Al-Fitr 1445 H homecoming flow, which uses a BAsuri horn or known as a 'telelet'. This was done when officers ramp checked at the Kampung Rambutan Bus Terminal.

Head of the Motor Vehicle Testing Service Unit (UP PKB) Pulogadung, Edi Sufaat, said that his party had started to conduct inspections of Eid transport buses at the Kampung Rambutan Bus Terminal.

The pre-ramp check activity will be carried out until March 31. This time the policy is different, the AKAP bus, which still has a telolet horn, will certainly not pass during the ramp check.

Then for the implementation of the ramp check itself, it will start from D-7 to D+7 Eid al-Fitr 1445 H.

"The AKAP bus for Eid transportation, which is still putting the horn on the telolet, will certainly not pass during the ramp check," he said when confirmed, Thursday, March 28.

This is in accordance with instructions from the Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia, which prohibits the installation of telolet horns.

"Because it is considered dangerous for safety," he said.

According to him, the Director General of Land Transportation has issued a circular to all levels of the Transportation Service in Indonesia, including in DKI, to pay more attention to and check the use of additional components such as telolet horns on every public transportation, when conducting periodic testing.

In addition, the police will take action against bus operators who violate these provisions, so that recurring incidents do not occur.

This refers to Law No. 22/2009 on Road Traffic and Transportation Article 58 that every driver is prohibited from installing equipment that interferes with traffic safety and security.

Then PP 55/2012 concerning vehicles, article 69, that the threshold for car horns is in the range of 83-118. Meanwhile, telolet horns are confirmed to exceed this threshold.

So far, when the pre-ramp check was carried out, his party has not found any AKAP buses that have honked the telolet. Including when periodic testing was carried out at the Pulogadung PKB up office, no AKAP buses were found using telolet horns.