Terungkap, Ini Lima Kendala Penerapan Zero ODOL Di RI

ODOL truck (Photo; intermediate)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Development (IPK) Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) revealed that there are at least five main obstacles to implementing the Zero ODOL policy in Indonesia.

The existence of trucks with excess dimensions and loads is considered dangerous for road users, resulting in casualties.

AHY said the first obstacle was the high cost of distribution for business actors. "So, always the challenge is high cost of distribution of goods," he said while chairing the Ministerial Level Coordination Meeting (Rakor) regarding the Implementation of the National Action Plan for Controlling More Dimensional and Charged Vehicles (ODOL) at the Coordinating Ministry for IPK office, Jakarta, Monday, October 6.

Second, there is a lack of supervision and law enforcement in the field. This ultimately has an impact on the still rampant use of ODOL trucks.

The third obstacle is because each related party has its own interests, both in terms of the owner of the vehicle, the driver and the owner of the goods.

"Including owners from vehicles and logistics items sent," he said.

The fourth obstacle is the lack of welfare of goods transport drivers. "And finally, the practice of extortion in the freight transportation sector," explained AHY.

For this reason, AHY targets the zero ODOL policy to be effective in early 2027. According to him, the issue of ODOL vehicles has become a national concern and is a special attention to President Prabowo Subianto and the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR).

"The point is that all concerns for vehicles that are considered to have impacts and consequences in various aspects," he explained.

According to the Chairman of the Democratic Party, the policy of zero ODOL could no longer be postponed. "Based on the data we have, 150,906 cases of accidents in 2024, 26,839 victims died. That 10.5 percent involved freight transportation," he said.