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Experts Reveal the Danger of Gasoline Content Using the Vice President’s Car Jeriken

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia

Expert safety ride assess the process of refueling gasoline on official car Vice President’s proposal Ma’ruf Amin done unsafe. This was concluded from a video observation of the charging process circulating on social media.

The official Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard with a red license plate was seen stopping at the curb. There are at least five people in batik shirts clustered near the gas filling hole located on the right side of the body.


One of the five people holding jerry cans while looking poured its contents, while one other person who is nearby looks focused on guarding the filling hole. One person farther away holding a cellphone is like taking a video.

The driving safety expert from the Jakarta Defensive Driving Consulting (JDDC) Training Director, Jusri Pulubuhu, explained that filling gasoline cars as shown in the video cannot be justified.

“Cases like this in ideal conditions are not justified, in an emergency situation it might be acceptable. It refills gasoline in its place, is not sterile, and does not use tools as it should,” Jusri said when contacted Saturday (11/7).

Jusri said that it was not sterile, meaning that there were too many people during the filling process, besides that he said the three elements that caused the fire could be ignored. The three elements are oxygen, combustible material, and heat.

Then he also highlighted the matter of operating the cellphone near the fuel area. As is well known the discourse of cellphones triggering fires has been widely voiced, even strictly forbidden to use while refueling at gas stations.

“Not sterile means that someone might smoke or a telephone person. The name is static electricity which can trigger a fire. Remember triangle fire“that is oxygen, combustible material and heat,” said Jusri.

According to Jusri this should never have happened, let alone said at the presidential car level.

“In one institution this is not justified, there is an error in supervision. The driver can be wrong and why his supervisor cannot supervise, there is an SOP. There is no way that there may be no SOP,” he said again.

Jusri also mentioned the use of plastic jerry cans to carry fuel which was said to be inappropriate. According to him the jerry cans are made of heat-resistant aluminum.

“Moreover, the plastic was brought into reserve, that’s not allowed, he must be metal or aluminum. Indeed there are certain plastics that can, but basically plastic is not recommended,” Jusri said.

In addition to aluminum jerry cans, the equipment needed to fill up the car’s gasoline is a funnel. This item is useful so that gasoline does not spill when poured and then scattered which could pose a risk of fire.

The Head of the Secretariat, Vice President Mohamad Oemar, explained that the vice president’s official car was filled with petrol on the side of the road while participating in a series of work visits to Sukabumi, West Java on July 8.

Oemar said that filling using jerry cans was done not because the car was running out of gasoline, but said that there were no gas stations that provided fuel according to the S600 Guard.

As is well known that a suitable fuel for this car is the RON 95 specifications such as recommendations for other Mercedes-Benz cars sold in Indonesia.

“In every VVIP series, a backup fuel is always prepared in a jerry can in a technician’s car. When fuel filling is needed and no fuel is available that is in accordance with the specifications of the VVIP car at the local gas station, the backup fuel that has been prepared is used,” said Oemar.

Tips for filling gasoline using jerry cans

Marcell Kurniawan, Training Director of The Real Driving Center, explained various things that must be considered when refueling cars using jerry cans.

1. Make sure to bring flammable liquids using jerry cans that are designed for that. Choose jerry cans that already have noozle (funnel) so that the filling process is safer.

2. Don’t fill the jerry cans to the brim. Leave a little volume for the fuel expansion chamber.

3. After pouring the contents, try not to leave any fuel in the jerry can. It is recommended not to store residual fuel in jerry cans, if so avoid high temperatures or the sun’s heat.

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