Police say the group of luxury cars that jump the queue at Bakauheni are not officials

South Lampung, Beritasatu com – South Lampung Police Chief AKBP Edwin said that the group of luxury cars that seized the queue at the Bakauheni Harbor were not officials. It is known that the encroachment that occurred on Monday (24/4/2023) evening caused a number of travelers to go berserk in the waiting area for ships to enter Bakauheni Port.

Edwin revealed that there was a misunderstanding regarding the encroachment on the queue of vehicles entering the ship by a number of these luxury cars.

“There is a bit of a misunderstanding, what you need to know is that an escort was not carried out, which means that when the queue is in front there is a gap behind, meaning that the vehicle that preceded the grab from behind is concerned,” AKBP Edwin said on the sidelines of traffic management at the Pier. Bakauheni Port Executive, Tuesday (25/4/2023).

As a result of the encroachment, three travelers who used private vehicles protested. Edwin realized this and apologized, especially to users who will be traveling to Merak.

Edwin said that the queue-tapping cars were ordinary drivers and not a group of officials, as other drivers had stated.

“So, it’s not an official. So it’s not just a Range Rover, No There are also. Yesterday there was a white Ertiga then there was also an Innova which we stopped yesterday, so there were indeed those who entered but because there were submissions from residents we stopped them, because the others had entered,” said AKBP Edwin.

Edwin explained, the traffic engineering mechanism at Bakauheni Port is to break down the queues so that ships can enter smoothly. There is a pier that is devoted to parking trucks, buses, minibuses and small cars.

“Well, because yesterday the flow of vehicles increased, we made changes. That is, the conditions at that time forced us to make changes so that there were no long lines that snaked out,” explained Adjunct Senior Commissioner Edwin.

“That’s why we turn around. So from the east pier where the small vehicle was, we first put it into the pier which is supposed to be for trucks, then from there we turn back to enter the bus parking pier which in the end we will take it to the ship, like that, ” said AKBP Edwin.

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