Can you smell

Can you smell
that smell?

From Neraca

I believe there is an official regulation against city buses
spewing forth an overwhelming amount of exhaust. In the past,
sanctions had been meted out against violators but, apparently,
the enforcement of this law has slackened.

Nowadays city buses, both those run by the government-owned
PPD bus company and those run by its private counterparts, are
spewing trails of thick black smoke from their mufflers as they
speed down city roads.

The fumes endanger people's health by polluting the air and
risk fatal traffic collisions, as a result of smoke obstructing
other drivers' vision.

The city police should re-enforce the regulation against bus
produced air pollution.

AMAT GONTAI

Jakarta