Accident Often, Acting Governor Heru Calls Transjakarta Must Implement Driver Standardization

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JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono asked PT Transjakarta to apply standardization of the driver's eligibility to drive the bus, both those operated by Transjakarta and operator partners. This was revealed by Heru when responding to the many accidents involving Transjakarta buses in recent times. "There must be a standardization of the same driver for Transjakarta drivers and operators," said Heru at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, November 8. Since the series of Transjakarta accidents that occurred throughout 2021, the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) has issued a number of recommendations to minimize the number of Transjakarta accidents. One of them is by reviewing the standard complexity of Transjakarta's special work. However, until now the accident is still happening. Heru then encouraged Transjakarta to follow all safety recommendations issued by the NTSC. Transjakarta, he continued, must prioritize the mindset of its bus services with safety aspects. "Yes, it must be implemented. We encourage Transjakarta to implement it. This means that Transjakarta must build a mindset to implement safety first in every service," said Heru. The Transjakarta accident has recently returned to the attention of a number of parties. Several examples of what happened were a Transjakarta bus that hit an elderly man who died, then a bus that was almost hit by a train in the Harmoni area. Member of Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Muhammad Taufik Zoelkifli said that his party would immediately summon PT Transjakarta in the upcoming working meeting. The DPRD will discuss a number of problems that occur related to the BUMD in the transportation sector. "Commission B of the DPRD will summon Transjakarta in a working meeting, especially discussing the signs of frequent accidents. Looking at each case, yes, for example this last case, where Transjakarta buses stopped at the train line," Taufik told reporters, Monday, November 7th.