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Drive on the left-hand side of the road and normally overtake on the right.

For police assistance, call 110, which operates nationally. Medical emergencies can be reported through 119. The integrated 112 emergency service is also operating in an increasing number of cities and regencies, but implementation is still organised locally rather than being available uniformly everywhere.

Driving while affected by alcohol or other substances that impair concentration is prohibited. Indonesia's national legislation does not currently specify one general numerical blood-alcohol concentration limit, so drivers should not drink alcohol before driving.

The national maximum for an urban area is generally 50 km/h. A lower speed limit may be established and signed for an individual road.

The national maximum on an interurban road is generally 80 km/h, unless a lower limit is established.

The national maximum in a residential area is generally 30 km/h, unless signs establish another applicable limit.

On free-flow roads such as toll expressways, the national framework generally provides for a maximum of 100 km/h and a minimum of 60 km/h. Always follow the posted limit because individual sections can have lower limits.

No. Indonesia does not use a nationwide motorway vignette. Drivers instead pay tolls on individual toll-road sections.

Indonesian toll-road transactions are cashless. Drivers normally pay electronically using an accepted electronic-money card or other payment system supported on the particular toll road.

Generally no. Motorcycles are normally prohibited from toll roads. A notable exception is the Bali Mandara Toll Road, which provides a separate lane for two-wheeled vehicles.

Ordinary cars are generally required to use their main lights at night and in specified conditions where lighting is necessary; there is no equivalent nationwide daytime-light requirement for ordinary cars in clear conditions.

Yes. Motorcycle riders must use their main headlight during the daytime as well as complying with the normal lighting requirements at night and in poor conditions.

Yes. National law expressly requires the driver and the passenger seated beside the driver in a four-wheeled or larger motor vehicle to wear seat belts.

Indonesia has a national seat-belt law, but the principal national Road Traffic Act does not impose the same universal requirement on every rear-seat occupant that applies in some other countries. Occupants should nevertheless use an available seat belt for safety.

Indonesia currently has no nationwide child-restraint-use law establishing a universal age or height threshold for child car seats. Using an appropriate child restraint remains strongly recommended.

Yes. Both the motorcycle rider and passenger must wear a helmet that meets the Indonesian National Standard (SNI).

A motorcycle without a sidecar may carry no more than one passenger in addition to the rider.

A driver must operate the vehicle with full concentration. Indonesian law specifically treats activities such as using a telephone that interfere with concentration as incompatible with this duty, so a driver should not handle or use a phone in a distracting way while driving.

Not as a universal rule. Indonesia has its own intersection-priority system. For example, at an uncontrolled intersection with four or more equal branches, priority is given to a vehicle approaching from the left-hand branch. Road signs, markings and the relative status or layout of the roads can change the priority.

At a roundabout, an entering driver must give priority to vehicles approaching from the right, which in normal left-hand roundabout circulation means traffic already circulating on the roundabout.

No. At a signal-controlled intersection, a driver must not automatically turn left on red. A left turn against the normal signal is allowed only where a traffic sign or signal specifically permits it.

Yes. Pedestrians have the right to priority when crossing at a designated pedestrian crossing. Drivers must also exercise particular care where pedestrians are about to cross.

Drivers must stop when the railway signal sounds, a barrier is beginning to close or another warning requires it, give priority to the train and allow vehicles already crossing the tracks to complete their crossing.

Where two vehicles cannot safely pass on a steep road, the vehicle travelling downhill should normally give way to the vehicle travelling uphill.

Required equipment for applicable four-wheeled vehicles includes a spare tyre, warning triangle, jack, wheel wrench and first-aid equipment, subject to the technical requirements applicable to the vehicle.

Yes. Indonesian traffic law specifically requires drivers to slow down during rain or where there is standing water. Heavy tropical rainfall can quickly reduce visibility and road grip.

Yes. The nationally defined speeds are maximum limits, and authorities may establish lower limits because of accident risk, road geometry, road-surface conditions, surrounding activity or other local considerations.

Written road information is primarily in Bahasa Indonesia. Regulatory and warning signs also use standard colours, shapes and symbols, so many important instructions can be understood without relying entirely on written text.