Discipline needed for bus drivers

Discipline needed for bus drivers

JAKARTA (JP): Instilling a high sense of discipline into public transportation drivers is very important if the number of road accidents is to be reduced, according to a traffic police officer.

"Without a high degree of discipline, particularly in public transportation drivers, traffic will be in constant chaos, which could lead to a greater number of accidents on the road," Lt. Col Wawan Ranuwwaya said in a written statement made available to The Jakarta Post.

The police officer made the remark while officially closing an upgrading course for public transportation drivers at the Police Traffic Training Center in Serpong, West Java, on Monday.

Wawan expressed his hope that the two-week course would serve its purpose, namely, to establish "traffic ethics" and make the drivers realize that discipline was critical to life on the road. (bas)