Preventing Deadly Accidents In Subang Again, Ministry Of Transportation Will Arrange Buying And Selling Buses

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) will arrange the sale and purchase of buses to prevent bus accidents from happening again.

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said that in connection with the number of accidents on public transportation, especially buses, the Ministry of Transportation is preparing more significant steps in anticipating repeated bus accidents.

The need for collaboration from the Traffic Directorate of Regional Police, Land Transportation Management Center in the regions, as well as every Provincial/Regency/City Transportation Service. Every data from the Otobus Company (PO) in the Central Government is collaborated with the Regional Government and conditions are checked in the field so that discrepancies do not occur. The technical requirements for vehicles have become a must to be met by all bus POs," he said in an official statement, Tuesday, May 14.

Furthermore, Budi said, every bus fleet must be checked regularly and it is hoped that the driver driving the vehicle will have a good reputation.

Budi asked the police to enforce the law against bus POs that have their own pools or gathering places.

Meanwhile, the Director General of Land Transportation, Hendro Sugiatno, said that several strategic steps were taken in anticipating repeated bus accidents, one of which was to design regulations for buying and selling buses.

"When viewed from the status of the Trans Putera Fajar Bus, there have been 5 transfers of ownership to modifications to the body bus. In the future, we will design regulations on buying and selling bus fleets so that they are recorded and controlled so that the flow will be clear," he said.

Hendro also asked the Provincial/Regency/City Transportation Service to fix the database of bus vehicles so that they can better monitor which fleets whose KIR tests are still active and dead.

"KIR test officers are expected to remind bus owners who do not extend the KIR test," he said.

In addition, Hendro also asked the police to carry out law enforcement for buses that do not meet the technical requirements of roadworthiness, not only to drivers but also to entrepreneurs or vehicle owners so that it becomes a lesson for all parties to prioritize safety and security aspects.

"As with during the long holiday, it is necessary to check tourism buses in tourist locations in collaboration with all stakeholders, including the extension of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in the regions. If there are illegal buses, they can be immediately reported to the authorities," he concluded.

Not only that, according to Hendro, what is no less important is that the Directorate General of Land Transportation will announce periodically licensed and roadworthy bus POs.

However, Hendro hopes that the public or service users will participate in checking the roadworthiness of each bus fleet that will be used through the Mitra Darat application or spionam.dephub.go.id. Of course this is done to maintain mutual safety.