Can You Avoid A Traffic Ticket For Not Bringing A SIM Or STNK?

Police give fines to violators of regulations/ Photo: Twitter @TMCPoldaMetro

JAKARTA - Not a small number of motorized vehicle users who are ticketed due to documents such as driving licenses (SIM) and vehicle registration certificates (STNK) are left behind at home. Seeing the situation, the police have the right to give a fine.

Instead of having a SIM and STNK, which means the driver has a legal license for the vehicle and a driving license, there is discretion for motorized vehicle users to be able to prove that the documents do exist.

By proving that the letter exists, it can be done by taking the documents that are left behind and then proving them to the officers to avoid a ticket. However, this is not always possible. Because, there is a condition, namely if the officers in the field want to give such discretion.

Kasi Gar Subdit Gakkum Ditlantas Polda Lampung Commissioner Poeloeng Arsa Sidanu quoting CNN Indonesia, this condition can still be tolerated by officers in the field. However, it is necessary to understand that officers may provide conditions, for example, how long does it take to transfer a driver's license or vehicle registration to the raid location.

Poeloeng said the police had other task orders and could not only take care of one person's case.

"For example, if you want to take (SIM or STNK) with your family, friends, please. But usually the officers in the field give a time limit because there are still other tasks," he said when explaining problems like this on the SGO YouTube account video.

However, it should be noted, entrusting the vehicle to the officer to retrieve the SIM or STNK documents that are left behind, is considered the wrong way. According to Poeloeng, this cannot be done because the officers do not have the authority to receive the safekeeping of evidence, unless the status has been ticketed.

"The police cannot immediately detain, confiscate, secure motorized vehicles or possibly other valuables, to be temporarily deposited by traffic violators on the road," he explained. "So you have to get a ticket first, for example you don't bring a SIM and STNK," continued Poeloeng.

There is one way that is also not justified, namely asking someone else to take a photo of the driver's license or vehicle registration that is left behind and then shown to the officer as proof of ownership. Such photos are considered invalid, and officers must see the physical SIM or STNK in person.

According to legal provisions. SIM and STNK are two documents that must be carried by the driver when driving a vehicle. This is stated in the Traffic Law Number 22 of 2009 Article 106 paragraph 5.

Then Article 288 explains that any driver who cannot show a valid driver's license can be sentenced to a maximum of one month in prison or a maximum fine of IDR 250 thousand.

In addition, the same article also stipulates that if the driver is not equipped with a STNK, he can be subject to a maximum imprisonment of two months or a maximum fine of IDR 500 thousand.

"Every driver must carry a SIM and STNK when driving a motorized vehicle on the road," said Poelong.

"If you don't miss it, it means you can't show it," he said.