The number of vehicles that have been tested for emissions is still very small. Until when will we delay it (the target)? Hopefully, (only until) early January next yearJakarta (ANTARA) - The Jakarta provincial government has targeted to impose fines on motor vehicles failing to pass emissions tests in January 2022, as the realization of emissions tests has yet to reach 50 percent.
"The number of vehicles that have been tested for emissions is still very small. Until when will we delay it (the target)? Hopefully, (only until) early January next year," Head of the Jakarta Environment Office Asep Kuswanto stated at the Jakarta Provincial Legislative Assembly building on Monday.
Earlier, the Jakarta administration had officially postponed the imposition of fines for motorists, who had not tested for vehicular emissions or their motors had not passed the emissions test scheduled to be conducted on November 13, 2021.
The number of motor vehicles that had conducted emissions tests reached some 10-15 percent, according to Kuswanto.
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Kuswanto noted that until now, only 254 garages had conducted four-wheeled vehicle emissions tests and 15 for the two-wheeled vehicles.
However, Kuswanto targets to increase the testing garages for both four-wheeled and two-wheeled to 500 units to run emissions tests.
Concurrently, the Jakarta provincial government will coordinate with its neighboring areas on account of the high mobility in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi.
"Indeed, we will also coordinate with the Jabodetabek supporting areas, so that its application (of emission test) can be equitable, but first, we are focusing on Jakarta," he noted.
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Based on provisions of Article 285 and Article 286 of Law No. 22 of 2009, the fines for motorcycle owners found to violate any law or regulation, is a maximum of Rp250 thousand, while cars are pegged at Rp500 thousand.
Jakarta's Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has noted that the number of motor vehicles in the capital city continues to increase annually.
According to BPS, in 2020, the number of motor-run vehicles reached 20.2 million units, almost 80 percent of which were motorcycles or 16.1 million units.
The rest are commercial cars reaching 3.36 million units and trucks reaching 680 thousand units.
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