Zebra cross or pedestrian crossing is a crossing place on a pedestrian-driven road that will cross the road, expressed with a white and black longitudinal road marking line 300 mm in length and with the same gap and a length of at least 2500 mm, zebra cross is still added with the parking ban so pedestrians who will cross can be seen by the driver of the vehicle on the road. Pedestrians who walk on the zebra cross get priority first.
Zebra cross is located in two different places, one at the intersection of red lights and second lying in the middle of the highway. Each rider must prioritize pedestrian passing by decreasing vehicle speed when seeing pedestrians crossing the zebra cross.
In reality we can still see how one of these pedestrian rights remains unappreciated by motorists, such as the riders not slowing down the vehicle, if there are pedestrians crossing the vehicle riders hitting the horns occasionally, even to the most extreme of the rider cursing the pedestrian the crossing leg.
If we see legal awareness in traffic in neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore then Indonesia is very lagging behind, which where the residents of those two countries have deeply appreciated the rights of pedestrians who use the state facilities provided along the way, be it the sidewalks, pedestrian bridges, zebra cross, and others.
The lack of sensitivity of motorists against the zebra cross is very detrimental to pedestrians, because pedestrians can not use the facilities provided by the state. The lack of legal awareness of both the two wheelers and the Four wheels that use the highway resulted in frequent traffic accidents. The lack of public understanding of the function of traffic signs caused by one of them is easy to get a driver's license in Indonesia, which should get the SIM through some tests first, whether medical test, psychology, and knowledge of traffic signs .
According to WHO data in January 2014, Indonesia became the fifth country with the highest number of deaths from accidents in the world and annually lost up to 400 thousand lives and teenagers or children under the age of 25 years. Even according to institutions from Australia a few years ago, the number of traffic accident casualties in Indonesia will reach 65,000 in 2020.
Violations of road signs and signs may be subject to sanctions as stipulated in Law no. 22 of 2009 on LLAJ are:
- Article 106 (Clause 2) that any person driving a Motor Vehicle on the Road shall prioritize the safety of Pedestrian and cyclists, and Article 106 (Clause 4) that Every person driving a Motor Vehicle on the Road shall comply with the provisions of road signs and signs .
- Article 116 that (Clause 1) The driver must slow his vehicle in accordance with Traffic Signs, (Clause 2 letter f) and when viewing and knowing there is a Pedestrian to cross.
- Article 287 that Every person who drives a Motor Vehicle on the Road in violation of the rules of a command or prohibition declared by Traffic Sign or Marka Jalan shall be liable to a maximum imprisonment of 2 (two) months or a maximum fine of Rp500,000.00 (five hundred thousand rupiah).
Punishment for offender of traffic signs have been contained in Law No.22 of 2009 on LLAJ, which is expected for motorists to comply with all these signs, and for law enforcement officers immediately re-socialize to riders and pedestrians, so that the number of violations and traffic accidents are decreasing.
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