Intercity bus drivers to take drug, alcohol tests<\/p>\n
Amar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Police were to test intercity bus drivers for drug and alcohol
\nabuse to ensure the safety of passengers traveling ahead of Idul
\nFitri celebrations, Jakarta police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"The intercity bus drivers are obliged to have urine
\nexaminations to determine whether or not they have been taking
\nalcohol or drugs,\" police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Anton said police would prohibit those who tested positive
\nfrom driving, as drivers affected by drugs or alcohol could risk
\nthe lives of passengers in traffic smashes.<\/p>\n
He said police, in cooperation with the City Health Agency who
\nwould provide ambulance vans, would begin testing at intercity
\nbus terminals a week before the Idul Fitri festivities.<\/p>\n
Police would also require that every intercity bus have at
\nleast two drivers to increase safety, Anton said.<\/p>\n
To help provide better services to the passengers heading to
\ntheir hometowns to mark the festivities, a tradition better known
\nas mudik, the police had increased security at bus terminals and
\nrailway stations.<\/p>\n
\"We have deployed (on Monday) two battalions of police
\npersonnel respectively at the Gambir railway station and the Pulo
\nGadung bus terminal, with tasks mainly to crack down on ticket
\nscalpers and pickpockets,\" Anton said.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the police inspected the Gambir railway station and
\nfound indications that many ticket scalpers operated there, while
\nmany hoodlums were operating at the Pulo Gadung bus terminal,
\nAnton said.<\/p>\n
Police had yet to arrest any criminals, Anton added.<\/p>\n
Travelers have long complained about the ticket scalpers who
\nrun their businesses openly, but as yet no stern action has been
\ntaken. It is believed that their operations are supported by
\nofficials.<\/p>",
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