Driving Certificate Becomes A Requirement To Create A SIM, Korlantas: Not Applicable In The Near Future

JAKARTA - Director of Motor Vehicle Registration and Identification (Dirregidents) Korlantas Polri Brigadier General Pol. Yusri Yunus said that his party is still reviewing the requirements for driving certificates and has not yet established the use of these conditions for applicants of driving licenses (SIMs). "So, when asked when it was implemented, we answered that this has not been implemented because we are still reviewing this," said Yusri Yunus Thursday, Thursday, June 22. He explained that it was not only related to the preparation of implementing rules at the lower level, but also about stakeholders involved in the driving certification. The driving certificate, he continued, must be obtained from accredited educational institution. Likewise, training instructors must also be certified from an authorized institution. He said that driving educational institutions that can issue certificates must meet the accreditation of a number of institutions, ranging from the Manpower Service, Transportation Service, and Education Office. The infrastructure in the driving education institution must also have a certificate and have attended instructor training at the Indonesia Safety Driving Center (ISDC) located in Serpong, Tangerang, and from a number of police stations. "That is the place for driving training and also for producing driving school instructors who have accredited certification," Yusri explained. Yusri. Although still under study, the rules related to the inclusion of driving certificates for general and individual SIM applicants have been regulated since 2012 in the Regulation of the National Police Chief Number 9 of 2012, Police Regulation Number 5 of 2021 concerning the Issuance and Marking of Driving Permits, as well as Police Regulation Number 2 of 2023 concerning Amendments to Police Regulation Number 5 of 2021 concerning the Issuance and the Signing of Driving Permits.

The inclusion of driving certification aims to ensure that drivers have driving competence, know how to drive properly, and have knowledge, insight, and traffic ethics. The traffic ethics in question are motorists who understand the rules when crossing the zebra crossing, preceding the right lane, rules using horns, and may not overtake.