Drivers made milch cows

Drivers made milch cows

From Merdeka

For quite some time, truck drivers like us have been asked for money if we have to pass the weighing stations at Waraduwur and Weru in Cirebon district, West Java. If we refuse to give in to these demands, life is made difficult for us, like being fined for an overload of 10 kilograms.

The same applies to vehicle testing where a fee of Rp 70,000 is demanded, more than ten times the official Rp 6,000 fee.

A "go-between" in the vehicle testing business gave us the breakdown of the exorbitant fees: Rp 40,000 for registration; Rp 5,000 for testing; Rp.3,000 for knocking down; Rp 2,000 for painting, Rp 5,000 for emptying the fuel tank; Rp 4,500 for the Organda public transport organization and many more.

At the office of the Directorate of Transportation and Highways (DLLAJ), in Majalengka district, we were made to pay Rp 45,000 (no brokers). We were once scolded by an official of the DLLAJ when we made inquiries about the high cost of these fees.

Maman Sampoerna

Majalengka, West Java