DPR Member: Revision Of Traffic Law Regulates Online Driver Welfare Guarantee

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JAKARTA - The revised Traffic Law can provide guarantees for online drivers.

In a written statement, Member of Parliament Syaifullah Tamliha explained that the parliament wanted to provide legal guarantees for the safety of road users and regulate the welfare guarantees for online transportation drivers in the draft law (RUU).

"Many things are, of course, important points in this bill, apart from regulating safety guarantees for road users. This bill will regulate welfare insurance for drivers, including online transportation drivers," explained the Deputy Chairman of Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Wednesday 25 May.

Commission V of the House of Representatives, he said, has held a Public Hearing Meeting (RDPU) regarding the Drafting of the Revision of Law No. 22 of 2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation (LLAJ).

At the RDPU which was attended by representatives of The Institute For Transportation And Development Policy (ITDP), the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI), and the Institute for Transportation Studies (INSTRAN), Commission V of the DPR asked for input from experts regarding the urgency of the bill in the midst of modernizing the system. current traffic and transportation.

As is the case with the existence of an online transportation business that has targeted two-wheeled vehicles as a means of transportation. Meanwhile, in Law No. 22 of 2009 the existence of two-wheeled vehicles or motorcycles is not included in the transportation category.

"We think this revision is very necessary considering the current development of modernization of the transportation business. So through this revision, we hope that the online transportation business can be given firmness regarding the use of motorbikes as transportation transportation," he explained.

In addition, he said, as an effort to encourage the improvement of public services in the traffic and road transportation sectors. Through the revision of the Road Traffic and Transportation Law (LLAJ), Commission V of the House of Representatives in the future has the idea that the government can form a National Transportation Council (DTN) which not only functions to regulate the traffic system, but also oversees the development of the transportation business.