200 public transportation vehicles lose permits<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The City Land Transportation Control Agency
\n(DLLAJ) has temporarily revoked the operational permits of 200
\npublic transportation vehicles for various violations over the
\nlast four months.<\/p>\n
The head of DLLAJ's public transportation control department,
\nOerianto, said yesterday that the vehicles were all impounded at
\na pool in East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"Their permits have been revoked for two weeks,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Sixty-eight of the vehicles are taxis and the remaining 132
\nvehicles are large buses, minibuses and minivans,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Oerianto said that most of the bus licenses were revoked
\nbecause their drivers were dropping off passengers before their
\nfinal destinations, while the cabbies were penalized for refusing
\nto use their meters.<\/p>\n
Many buses cut their routes short in order to pick up more
\npassengers and make more money to pay their rents, he said,
\nadding that drivers often use traffic jams as an excuse to do so.<\/p>\n
He said that two-week punishment might be too light for the
\nvehicle owners.<\/p>\n
\"They may get one-month in the future,\" he said.<\/p>\n
City Council speaker M.H. Ritonga supports the agency's plan
\nto uphold the regulation.<\/p>\n
\"It's good that the agency has impounded the vehicles,\" M.H.
\nRitonga said.<\/p>\n
Users of public transportation regularly complain about poor
\nservice and being forced to get off one bus and having to pay to
\nget on another. (yns)<\/p>",
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