Senin, November 1, 2021

Road Safety: Minister of Industry Mandates for Fitting of Various Equipment to Motor Vehicles

In order to increase general traffic and road transportation safety, reduce the incidence of accidents involving motor vehicles and keep up with technological developments, the Minister of Industry recently updated Indonesia's mandatory motor-vehicle safety equipment requirements through the issuance of Regulation No. PM. 74 of 2021 on Safety Equipment for Motor Vehicles ("Regulation 74/2021").
Generally speaking, all motor vehicles ("Vehicles") operating on public roads are required to fulfill various technical requirements that relate to the following areas: 1) Structures (susunan); 2) Safety equipment; 3) Measurements (ukuran); 4) Bodies (karoseri); 5) Technical design; 6) Loading; 6) Utilization; 7) Vehicle connections (penggandengan kendaraan bermotor); and/or 8) Vehicle attachments (penempelan kendaraan bermotor).
Vehicle safety equipment must include the following: 1) Safety belts; 2) Spare tire; 3) Emergency triangle warning sign ("Triangle Sign"); 4) Jack; 5) Wheel opener; 6) Helmet and light reflective vest (for four or more wheeled Vehicles); and 7) First-aid equipment. Meanwhile, all motor vehicles which are not motorcycles are also required to be equipped with: 1) Rear fender protection (perisai kolong belakang); and 2) Side protection (perisai kolong samping), as well as various types of additional equipment, specifically: 1) Additional light-reflective equipment; and 2) Emergency response facilities (including tire support for motor vehicles with JBB of above 3,500 kg).
The utilization of Triangle Signs and tire support on motor vehicles, trailers (kereta gandengan) and semi-trailers (kereta tempelan) must be brought into line with the various provisions set out under Regulation 74/2021 within six months of its promulgation. Meanwhile, the use of rear fender protection on motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers must be brought into line with the various provisions set out under Regulation 74/2021 by no later than three months of its promulgation.
Regulation 74/2021 has been in force since 30 August 2021.

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In order to increase general traffic and road transportation safety, reduce the incidence of accidents involving motor vehicles and keep up with technological developments, the Minister of Industry recently updated Indonesia's mandatory motor-vehicle safety equipment requirements through the issuance of Regulation No. PM. 74 of 2021 on Safety Equipment for Motor Vehicles ("Regulation 74/2021").
Generally speaking, all motor vehicles ("Vehicles") operating on public roads are required to fulfill various technical requirements that relate to the following areas: 1) Structures (susunan); 2) Safety equipment; 3) Measurements (ukuran); 4) Bodies (karoseri); 5) Technical design; 6) Loading; 6) Utilization; 7) Vehicle connections (penggandengan kendaraan bermotor); and/or 8) Vehicle attachments (penempelan kendaraan bermotor).
Vehicle safety equipment must include the following: 1) Safety belts; 2) Spare tire; 3) Emergency triangle warning sign ("Triangle Sign"); 4) Jack; 5) Wheel opener; 6) Helmet and light reflective vest (for four or more wheeled Vehicles); and 7) First-aid equipment. Meanwhile, all motor vehicles which are not motorcycles are also required to be equipped with: 1) Rear fender protection (perisai kolong belakang); and 2) Side protection (perisai kolong samping), as well as various types of additional equipment, specifically: 1) Additional light-reflective equipment; and 2) Emergency response facilities (including tire support for motor vehicles with JBB of above 3,500 kg).
The utilization of Triangle Signs and tire support on motor vehicles, trailers (kereta gandengan) and semi-trailers (kereta tempelan) must be brought into line with the various provisions set out under Regulation 74/2021 within six months of its promulgation. Meanwhile, the use of rear fender protection on motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers must be brought into line with the various provisions set out under Regulation 74/2021 by no later than three months of its promulgation.
Regulation 74/2021 has been in force since 30 August 2021.

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