Strobo And Sirine To Break Through Traffic Jams, TNI Commander: I See Illegal, Must Be Ordered

Illustration of strobe lights. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - TNI Commander Agus Subiyanto responded to public concerns about the use of sirens and strobes on the road. According to Agus, currently there is a lot of misuse of sirens and strobos for vehicles.

So, according to him, it is natural for the movement of residents to refuse to give way to vehicles that are escorted by sirens and strobos other than ambulances and fire engines.

"Yes, maybe it's illegal that I have to, I also like to see, it must be brought under control, it's not allowed (to be allowed)," said Agus when met at the National Monument (Monas) area, Central Jakarta, Sunday, September 21.

Agus admitted that he agreed that escorting the strobe, siren, and rotator lights was only intended for VVIP vehicles.

In Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation (UU LLAJ), arrangements regarding vehicles that get main rights on the road are listed in Article 134.

Among them, fire trucks carrying out tasks, ambulances transporting sick people, vehicles to provide assistance in traffic accidents, vehicles led by state institutions, leadership vehicles and foreign state officials as well as international institutions that are state guests, convoys of corpse delivery, as well as convoys and/or vehicles for certain interests, according to Police considerations.

"I feel for VVIP, in the convoy there are rules, that's okay, if for special VVIP there are rules," said Agus.

Therefore, Agus claimed that he had warned the Military Police or POM TNI not to turn on the strobe and siren while escorting the vehicle he was traveling in when the road was empty.

"I tell my unit that if you follow the rules, unless there are things that really need us, we have to have a quick urgency, we need help. Also, such as ambulances, firefighters, we prioritize," he explained.

TNI Commander Agus Subiyanto. (Diah-VOI)

In recent times, the public has been enlivened with a movement that refuses to give way to vehicles using sirens. The movement was later known as "Stop Tot, Tot, Wuk, Wuk" and received support from many netizens and the community.

Regarding the movement, the Head of the Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas) of the National Police, Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho, when met by reporters at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Friday, stated that the National Police had frozen the use of rotators and escorted car sirens (patwals).

"I am Kakorlantas, I frozen it for escort using the voices because this is also a disturbed society, let alone crowded," explained Agus Suryonugroho to reporters.

Agus also thanked the input given to the public, especially motorists who were disturbed by the noise of car sirens or Patwal motorbikes.

"All public inputs are positive for us, and I am evaluating this. Even if there are provisions at a time when using sirens, including tot tots, and I thank the community, for Korlantas while we (have) frozen," he said.