JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Dudy Purwagandhi emphasized that handling over-dimension overloading (ODOL) vehicles is not enough to only take action against drivers or drivers. However, owners of vehicles and logistics service users must also take responsibility.
As is known, traffic accidents involving ODOL vehicles have occurred again in the last few days, and even claimed many lives. Starting from the incident that occurred in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra; Purworejo; and Semarang.
"In the future we want not only drivers, but also owners and users. They can't then let go as if everything was only to the driver (the driver)," he told reporters, quoted Friday, May 9.
Dudy said the driver only carried out work orders. Therefore, according to Dudy, business actors must no longer be irresponsible, including users of logistics services.
According to Dudy, ODOL occurs generally because someone who owns an item chooses to only pay one truck to save costs, while the goods that must be sent require two trucks.
Furthermore, Dudy said that when a truck is forced to transport goods above the maximum load it should be, the potential for accidents is very high. Therefore, owners and service users must also be responsible.
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"Anyway, if anyone knows that what is ordered has criminal consequences or violations, then he must be held accountable," he said.
Dudy suspects that the driver or driver of the ODOL truck is also in a state of being forced to carry goods beyond their proper capacity. Because they have no other choice because of economic factors.
Sometimes the driver knows, but sometimes also because there is no choice. We also know that maybe the driver's income is modest, in the end he doesn't have a choice. So like it or not, he said.
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