DENPASAR ~

Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika asked the police to take action decisively against motorcycle riders both vehicles and cars who use a mobile phone while driving.

According to the former head of the Bali Police, if possible, the police is expected to seize the mobile phone being used but must seek legal rules or regulations of it.

“That’s my thought (seizing cell phones) to make people fear. Otherwise, it will be dangerous to themselves (riders) and others,” said Pastika in Denpasar on Wednesday.

He explained that when we are talking about discipline and traffic regulations, the police must take decisive action, considering that socialization and became a pioneer in traffic safety has frequently done by police.

“It is still in the process of persuading and the next stage is enforcement or action,” he said.

Pastika regretted each year an average of nearly 500 people in Bali die as a result of traffic accidents, one of which was contributed by motorcyclists.

And he regretted that some act of car or motorcycle riders who drive a vehicle while using mobile phones and tend not to pay attention to traffic signs and road markings.

“I often see a lot of young children while riding a motorcycle using` handphone`. I asked to be measured firmly. Make a rule that the phone can be taken away or the police could stop them because it is very harmful to themselves and others,” he said.While the Bali Police Chief Inspector General Albertus Julius Benny Mokalu stated that Police would provide strict punishment because the fines did not give a deterrent effect.

“We have to make deterrent effect to the community, should be firm if socialization does not work, sanctions should be firm as well,” he said.

Related to the plunder, they will look for the rules of law that allow police to do so just like the sinking of foreign vessels that steal fish in Indonesian waters.

Based on the traffic accident data from the Bali Police, during 2014, the number of traffic accidents recorded as many as 1,659 cases or down about 36.53 percent compared to 2013 that reached 2,614 cases.

Of that total during 2014, 543 people died and seriously injured (374) and minor injuries (2061).