Three Accidents In A Month, DKI DPRD Highlights Transjakarta Driver Certification

Transjakarta bus accident in Cakung/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Chairman of Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Nova Harivan Paloh, asked PT Transjakarta to certify Transjakarta bus drivers more regularly.

This, according to Nova, is necessary so that the driver's physical and psychological health conditions can be monitored with more actual data. This is because Transjakarta buses have had accidents up to 3 times this month.

"In the future, what is conveyed from the Transportation Agency is every 3 years, whether it will be possible to extend it again for 6 months," Nova told reporters, Wednesday, September 24.

Nova emphasized that Transjakarta services are currently one of the main modes of transportation for citizens to move. In fact, its users reach 1.3 million per day.

Therefore, the DKI Provincial Government must be able to ensure that passengers can feel safe when using Transjakarta services.

"How in the future we must also maintain safety aspects Both from drivers, passengers, or the community around the Transjakarta route," said Nova.

Previously in a meeting with Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, President Director of PT Transjakarta Welfizon Yuza revealed that his party would carry out a more in-depth psychological assessment of all drivers or bus drivers, in the aftermath of three accidents this month.

Welfizon said the psychological tests that would be carried out after discussing with the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) to evaluate the Transjakarta services that had an accident.

"Yang kemarin pada saat bicara dengan KNKT perlu dibuat yang lebih advance, sehingga aspek psikologis sebelum naik kendaraan itu juga bisa dilakukan assessment dengan baik," kata Welfizon di gedung DPRD DKI Jakarta, Selasa, 23 September.

From the results of discussions with the NTSC, Transjakarta needs to formulate standardization of the driver safety module which not only involves technicalities, but also mental aspects to more than 11 thousand Transjakarta drivers.

Because, based on the results of the examination, two of the three Transjakarta accidents that hit buildings and vehicles this month were caused by human error and psychological condition of the driver.

"The conditions that occurred in the last two accidents, where when the driver was faced with a critical condition and it caused panic. So one of the decisions processes that must be strengthened, so that when faced with critical conditions, it can still be calmer," said Welfizon.

"We are targeting that in the next three months we will have one reference for Transjakarta drivers, both in terms of soft skills, technical skills, and psychology, which have good references," he continued.