Deputy Governor Of DKI Asks TransJakarta To Beware Of Early Shift Drivers: 3 AM Is Sleepy Time

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI, Ahmad Riza Patria, has asked PT TransJakarta to evaluate and take serious steps related to the accident in Jakarta's mainstay mass public transportation mode.

"We have asked the management in TransJakarta to continue to evaluate and take serious steps. Indeed, this accident is a common concern. We are waiting for the evaluation and the steps," said Riza Patria at the Jakarta City Hall, Monday, October 1.

Quoted from Antara, Riza Patria said that the TransJakarta evaluation is actually carried out routinely in all institutions, both from the DKI Provincial Government and BUMD, including the TransJakarta management. There were no accidents, regular evaluations were carried out.

"Especially if there is an accident," he continued.

Riza asked that the evaluation also includes the distribution of the working hours schedule for TransJakarta drivers. Moreover, the drivers are required to drive on a straight road with a parapet, the potential for fatigue is high, making them prone to accidents.

"We ask the TransJakarta management to continue to evaluate. Moreover, those who work in the first shift, from three in the morning, the hours are sleepy," he said.

Previously, a transJakarta bus belonging to the operator of the Metropolitan Ferris wheel hit the fleet in front of it which was stopping to unload passengers at the Indomobil bus stop, MT Haryono street, East Jakarta, Monday morning, October 25, 2021. This accident left two people dead and dozens injured.

Four days later, a transJakarta bus crashed into five Movable Concrete Barriers (MCB) in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta. The bus operator is the Djakarta Public Transportation Company (Perum PPD), but fortunately, there were no casualties in this incident.