After briefly toying with the bold move of imposing a 25-year age limit on cars in Bali, the province’s legislators say they’ve tossed out the idea.
The proposed legislation had been met with protest by many antique car enthusiasts in Bali, promoting the island’s governor to suggest an exemption for old cars used for tourism and collector purposes.
However, it seems such exemption’s not necessary anymore, now that the drafters of the Traffic and Transportation Regulations (LLAJ) have announced that provisions for the vehicle age limit have been removed.
LLAJ Bali Chairman IB Gede Uidyana made the announcement on Monday and explained the committee’s decision was in fact in response to the strong old car community in Bali, according to Tribun Bali.
The age limit had been proposed in the first place as a way to try and tackle Bali’s rapidly growing congestion problem. Though as we always have said, it seems massive tour buses, new cars, and trucks carrying construction materials are the vehicles hogging up all the space!
