Most people with a conscience would choose not to take “the peaceful route” with the police (i.e. bribing them) if the actual procedure for legally paying a traffic fine wasn’t such a hassle.
As we’ve found out from first hand experience (yep, we’re bad), paying a traffic fine the official way involves going to a district court super early in the morning, only to spend half the day queuing with hundreds of other traffic offenders until you get your minute with the judge and then pay the appropriate fine.
But as of yesterday, the Jakarta High Prosecutor introduced a new online traffic payment system that effectively erases all of that hassle. It’s intended to stamp out bribes to the police and the use of “calo” (unofficial agents) to pay traffic fines.
“So now, appearing in court to pay traffic fines is not mandatory,” said Waluyo Yahya, head of Public Relations at the Jakarta High Prosecutor Office, as quoted by Kompas.
This online service is the first of its kind in Indonesia.
Confiscated driver’s licenses and vehicle documents can be retrieved from the prosecutor’s office following payment of the traffic fine.
Traffic offenders can register to pay their fines online through the websites of a District Prosecutor’s Offices. You’ll have to pay through the website of the area where your traffic offence was committed (though Central Jakarta hasn’t implemented the service on its website at the time of writing):
