Jakarta Holds Compliance with Vehicle Emission Tests on 24 Roads during 2022

The Jakarta Environment (LH) Agency and the Polda Metro Jaya have been launching community compliance with vehicle emission tests on 24 roads in Jakarta during 2022.

We do not announce which roads will hold this operation. If we tell it, the rider will avoid it

Environmental Pollution Control Division Head, Tiyana said it aims to see the level of compliance of vehicle owners with emission tests.

She explained the officers would stop the passing vehicles to check the status of the emission test. If they had undergone and passed the emission tests, they could continue the trip. If not, they would directly undergo the emission tests on the spot.

Jakarta Improves Community Compliance with Vehicle Emission Tests

"We do not announce which roads will hold this operation. If we tell it, the rider will avoid it," she stated, Wednesday (2/23).

She explained this step was taken to raise awareness and foster a sense of responsibility for vehicle owners not to pollute the environment.

"By so, we'll know the levels of substances that are harmful to the environment," she added.

The following is the procedure for community compliance with vehicle emission tests on 24 roads during 2022:

1. Officer will pull the vehicle over. Then the vehicle is checked using the four-wheeled emission test (e-Test) application for individual passenger cars, the two-wheeled emission test (e-Test) application for motorcycles.

2. Vehicles that have undergone emission tests and passed can continue their trip

3. Vehicles that have not undergone emission tests will undergo emission tests on the spot

4. Testing takes about 5-10 minutes