Headlines – One truck driver appeared to believe that he still lived in the era of former president Soeharto, when the military ruled Indonesia.

The driver placed a large piece of paper on his windscreen that read: "Jakarta 11-11-2013. This vehicle belongs to the Army's Directorate of Supplies based in Pulogadung [East Jakarta]. To the authorities, thank you for your understanding." The notice was signed by Second Sgt. Mashuri, whose cell phone was also given along with his army personal identification number.

To his dismay, the driver learned the note was ineffective on Tuesday when officers from the Land Transport Agency, the police and the military, who were conducting a joint operation checking trucks and public transport vehicles in East Jakarta, stopped and issued the man a ticket for carrying wooden boxes that exceeded the limit permitted by law.

Budi Sugianto of the East Jakarta Transportation Office said boxes were piled so high on the truck that they posed danger to the public. "The truck belongs to the army but we issued the man a ticket anyway as the vehicle was dangerously overloaded," Budi said.

Budi said he had yet to establish why the driver had placed the note on the windshield.