Jakarta to require psych tests before issuing driving licences

Vehicles are stuck in traffic during the morning rush hour in Jakarta on April 13, 2018. - AFP

JAKARTA, Indonesia: The police here are about to implement mandatory psychological tests to obtain, upgrade or renew driver's licenses.

The requirement was made to comply with Law No. 22/2009 on traffic and a national police chief regulation on driver's licenses, Jakarta traffic police driver's license section head Comr Fahri Siregar said on Tuesday.