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