Is There A Special Rest Place For Online Taxis, Effectively Helping Drivers?

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation supports online transportation service operators to provide special resting places for drivers.

"I really appreciate the existence of this resting place, it means that fellow drivers are orderly," said Director of Road Transportation of the Directorate General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Suharto in Jakarta, Thursday, June 16, quoted from Antara.

With this special resting place, online drivers will be more orderly. They no longer park their vehicles on the side of the road while waiting for orders.

In addition, drivers will also get various services needed, such as free Wi-Fi, places to charge phones, and places of worship.

He encouraged other operators of online transportation service providers to provide similar special resting places.

"We hope that maybe other operators will do the same thing. Not just one but in various places. Things like this must be reproduced, because with this it supports the government to order online drivers," he said during the inauguration of a special resting place for inDriver online driver in the Kemang area, South Jakarta.

Meanwhile, the Country Driver Operation Team Leader at inDriver Dini Dwi Santria said the opening of the Driver Lounge is part of the company's efforts to improve the welfare of drivers and ensure they maintain high quality service.

"The opening of the Driver Lounge is one of the many efforts we are making to improve the welfare of our drivers by providing easy access to facilities to help them stay fit and strong as they continue to serve our users," said Dini.

The inDriver Driver Lounge is located at Graha Kapital 2 Building, South Jakarta. The place which is open every day from 09.00 WIB to 21.00 WIB is equipped with various facilities.

These include free Wi-Fi, air-conditioned rest areas, prayer rooms, cell phone charging stations, toilets, free drinks, and free parking areas.