Give way to oncoming trafficIndonesia
Traffic rules
Indonesia
1. Give way to oncoming traffic
Give way to oncoming traffic means that drivers must allow vehicles approaching from the opposite direction to pass first through a narrow section of road. The rule is normally indicated by a sign facing the direction that must yield and a corresponding priority sign facing oncoming traffic.
Drivers must reduce speed and stop when necessary before entering the narrow passage. They may continue only when they can do so safely and without obstructing oncoming traffic that has priority.
When must I give way to oncoming traffic in Indonesia?
Where priority signs, temporary signals or an authorised controller in Indonesia require your direction to yield at a narrow road or bridge, allow opposing traffic through first. Do not assume every narrowing has the same priority arrangement.
🔗 peraturan.bpk.go.id • BPK — Law 6/2023, Article 55, amendments to Act 22/2009
🔗 peraturan.bpk.go.id • PM 13/2014 — full national traffic-sign regulation and illustrated annexes
🔗 peraturan.bpk.go.id • BPK — current PM 13/2014 status and repeal of old KM 61/1993
Road narrowing, give way to oncoming drivers.
English • Traffic sign PM 13/2014 • III.1d • Give priority to opposing traffic. Give way to oncoming vehicles before entering this section.
Bahasa Indonesia • PM 13/2014 • III.1d • Dahulukan arus berlawanan. Wajib mendahulukan kendaraan yang datang dari arah berlawanan sebelum memasuki bagian jalan ini.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Andalalin.jakarta.go.id • PM 13 Tahun 2014 • Lampiran • hlm. PDF 76
SVG source: มองโกเลีย๔๔ • CC0 • Original revision 2024-04-30. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Does a road-narrows warning automatically give oncoming traffic priority in Indonesia?
Not necessarily. A warning of a narrow carriageway is not itself the same as an instruction to give way. Check whether there is a separate priority sign, signal or temporary traffic control, and take account of any rules for an obstruction on your side.
🔗 peraturan.bpk.go.id • BPK — Law 6/2023, Article 55, amendments to Act 22/2009
🔗 peraturan.bpk.go.id • PM 13/2014 — full national traffic-sign regulation and illustrated annexes
🔗 peraturan.bpk.go.id • BPK — current PM 13/2014 status and repeal of old KM 61/1993
What if an oncoming vehicle is already entering a narrow passage in Indonesia?
Reduce speed and wait where you can do so safely rather than forcing two vehicles into insufficient space. Even if a sign gives your approach priority, that does not justify a collision or endangering another road user.
🔗 peraturan.bpk.go.id • BPK — Law 6/2023, Article 55, amendments to Act 22/2009
🔗 peraturan.bpk.go.id • PM 13/2014 — full national traffic-sign regulation and illustrated annexes
🔗 peraturan.bpk.go.id • BPK — current PM 13/2014 status and repeal of old KM 61/1993
