Normalization Of 102 ODOL Trucks, Director General Of Hubdat: The Government Is Happy If Entrepreneurs Do Not Transport Overloads

Director General of Hubdat Budi Setiyadi (doc. Public Relations of the Ministry of Transportation)

GRESIK - The Ministry of Transportation (kemenhub) through the Directorate General of Land Transportation (Dirjen Hubdat) is normalizing Over Dimension Over Loading (ODOL) goods vehicles in East Java. There were 102 vehicles of various types on order.

"I am grateful for the collaboration of all parties. The government will be more happy to handle this when logistics owners and entrepreneurs have the awareness to normalize their vehicles," said Director General Budi through his written statement.

102 vehicle units that are normalized include tank trucks, dump trucks, and open cargo cars. All of these vehicles are obtained from various companies and vehicle owners who voluntarily submit their vehicles to be normalized.

"The beginning of this policy was from the Minister of Transportation, the Minister of PUPR, and the Chief of Police who were committed to resolving the ODOL problem. However, the role of the Weigh Bridge in monitoring ODOL is increasingly felt and there are more and more problems due to ODOL, "said Director General Budi.

He also emphasized the importance of the role of goods transportation entrepreneurs in eradicating ODOL vehicles as well as improving traffic safety. To strengthen efforts to eradicate ODOL, according to him, it must also be balanced through government actions so that there are no accident victims with a high fatality rate.

"From us (Ditjen Hubdat) take firm action through legal channels. We have handled this since 2018. What the Ministry of Transportation has done towards Zero ODOL is one of the aspects of regulation. "It is short cut, namely discretion with the Perdirjen so that trucks that are normalized will be able to carry out a tail test again," he added.

The damaged road conditions (due to ODOL trucks) in various regions did not only occur on national roads but also provincial and district roads, so on this occasion the Director General Budi requested supervision by the Head of the Transportation Agency at the Provincial to Regency / City levels.

"Don't let us realize too late that this can harm many parties, not only causing casualties but also for the state being harmed by the budget for repairing damaged roads caused by many vehicles violating ODOL," said Director General Budi.

The government is committed to making Indonesia free of Over Dimension Over Loading (ODOL) by 2023. To achieve this, various methods have been implemented, including policies for handling ODOL and implementing UPPKB, P21 enforcement against ODOL vehicles, Vehicle Normalization Policy, Law Enforcement at UPPKB and Cargo Transfer. a vehicle for which the operator will be charged a fee.

Furthermore, Director General Budi stated that all BPTDs in Indonesia have now rewarded ODOL violations under Article 277 of Law 22/2009, to cause a deterrent effect.