Efektivitas Penerapan Pidana Denda Terhadap Pelaku Pelanggaran Lalu Lintas Roda Dua di Kabupaten Merauke

Abstrak

A traffic violation is an act or action taken by someone who violates the rules set. Traffic violations are also one of the problems that trigger accidents. People committing traffic violations can be subject to fines by Law Number 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation. The primary purpose of this research is to find out the process of imposing fines on perpetrators of two-wheeled traffic violations in Merauke Regency and to find out the effectiveness of applying penalties to perpetrators of two-wheeled traffic violations in Merauke Regency; the research method used is the type of juridical research, empirically by using primary and secondary data types and sources we then arranged descriptively. From the results of research conducted by the author that the Merauke Police Traffic Unit can resolve all cases of two-wheeled violations by imposing fines. The application of criminal penalties in the jurisdiction of the Merauke Police traffic unit has been carried out by statutory regulations but has not been maximized. The effectiveness of imposing criminal fines is still far from the goal of punishment because traffic violations are often repeated. Data on traffic violations has fluctuated, which means that the penalties applied by the Merauke Police Traffic Unit have not been effective.