Helmet is required for topless car driving

Say... you have a land rover like in the left picture and you want to drive it around the town.

By Indonesian law, it is required that you wear helmet.

This is the article for that:

 

5. DASAR PENGGUNAAN HELM

- Pasal 23 ayat (1) e Undang-Undang No. 14 Tahun 1992 menyatakan Pengendara Sepeda Motor dan Penumpangnya atau bagi Pengemudi kendaraan bermotor roda empat atau lebih yang tidak dilengkapi dengan rumah diwajibkan mempergunakan Helm.

6. SANKSI TERHADAP PELANGGARAN TANPA MENGGUNAKAN HELM
- Pasal 61 ayat (3) Undang-Undang No. 14 Tahun 1992
Pidana Kurungan paling lama 1 (satu) bulan
Denda setinggi-tingginya Rp. 1.000.000,- ( Satu Juta Rpuiah )

 

The police basically said: " For any 4 wheel (or more) vehicle without "housing" (it means either hard or soft top), the driver and the passenger should wear a helmet, failing to do this will cause the person get maximum one month jail terms and maximum Rp. 1 million (US$ 100) fine.

Now have you ever see the police stopping this kind of car because they do not wear helmet? Never... right...? That's because they are too rich and probably have a lawyer that good enough to make the life of our police miserable. So no Police will stop this kind of car without having a risk dealing with lawyer.

But do not be afraid, because I never see police stopping the topless land rover series as well, they know and rightly so that the series land rover owner will have unpleasant  consequences too

1. The driver or passenger will  have no money to bribe, and they will end up having a paper work to do
2. They risk to get tetanus if they ever touch your series Land rover (land rover owner seems immune to tetanus)

So if you want to be a good citizen... please wear helmet, if you insist not to wear one... I do not think you will be in trouble.. :-)

Drive on...!