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先月、ジャカルタにローラーポリスが誕生したと報じられましたが、一部にスケートボードとの記事もあり少々戸惑っていましたが、そのローラーポリスのビデオが投稿されたのでアップします。しかし、あのアルジャジーラが YouTube を使ってビデオを流しているとは知りませんでした。 Traffic police in Jakarta are using a new and untested weapon in their daily fight against traffic jams. Twenty policemen have been trained to use in-line skates while directing traffic. However as Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports, the roller brigade is still a little unstable on its feet.
Skating Jakarta police on a roll to control trafficBy Lenita Sulthani - Reuters India (Jul. 7, 2008) There's the canine unit and the equine unit and now police in car-congested Jakarta, where gridlock is legendary, have set up a new force to combat traffic jams -- the in-line skate unit. With a run-down public transportation system and some 14 million residents, Jakarta is known to be one of the most difficult cities in Asia to navigate, even for the traffic police who is often stymied by the congestion. But the 20 officers who have spent the past four weeks weaving through the streets on their skates don't have to worry about gridlock any more.  "We park our vehicles as close as we can to the traffic jams. Then we go into the jam area on rollerblades to direct the traffic," said Commander Sutirto who heads the special squad and who like many Indonesians goes by only one name. Decked out in helmets, knee and elbow pads, the skating police received a month of intensive training. Many officers said their biggest challenge was staying upright on the city's bumpy and sometimes pock-marked roads. Some motorists welcomed the rollerblading officers as a time-saving solution, but others said the police needed to crack down on the bad driving that causes the jams rather than just resolve them. "Motorists must be disciplined. They must not cross into other people's lanes," said motorist Eko Juli. Getting around sprawling Jakarta and suburbs is a time-consuming and often arduous feat. Traffic crawls along at a frustrating snail's pace during rush hours and is often chaotic due to the rising number of vehicles and frequent flooding. Jakarta's governor has promised to tackle the traffic problem by building more busways, a monorail and a subway. But a remedy is unlikely any time soon as it will cost billions of dollars in an impoverished and corruption-riddled country and take several years to complete. Reuters India: Skating Jakarta police on a roll to control traffic Jakarta's traffic police on a roll(Jul. 7 2008) Police in car-congested and often gridlocked Jakarta have come up with a novel way to get officers into traffic jams - they've created an in-line skate unit.Decked out in helmets, knee and elbow pads, the skating police received a month of intensive training. "We park our vehicles as close as we can to the traffic jams. Then we go into the jam area on Rollerblades to direct the traffic" - head of the in-line skate unit Commander SutirtoThe head of the in-line skate unit, Commander Sutirto said: "We park our vehicles as close as we can to the traffic jams. Then we go into the jam area on Rollerblades to direct the traffic." Many officers said their biggest challenge was staying upright on the city's bumpy and sometimes pock-marked roads. Some motorists have welcomed the Rollerblading officers as a time-saving solution, but others said the police need to crack down on the bad driving that causes the jams. Traffic crawls along at a frustrating snail's pace during rush hours in Jakarta and is often chaotic due to the rising number of vehicles and frequent flooding. ITN: Jakarta's traffic police on a roll Inline Skating Notebook: Roller Police, Roller Police in Chongqing China and Roller Police |
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