Hear about pedicab crossing the road?

BOGOR: Thousands of pedicab drivers staged a rally on Wednesday at the Bogor legislative council to ask the administration to revoke its new policy banning them from crossing the Paledang to Pasar Anyar road.

After convening a special meeting to discuss the issue, the legislative council decided to reject the drivers' demand, saying that it would worsen traffic congestion in the area.

But the drivers insisted that the congestion was not their fault but was rather due to the fact that many public transportation vehicles stopped in the area to pick up passengers.

The enraged drivers then ran amok, pelting the building with stones and clashing with the police and legislative council security guards.

The doughty legislators quickly had second thoughts and hastily convened another meeting with the transportation agency. The result? The pedicabs are now allowed the cross the road again.

"It's too much trouble if we're not allowed to cross the road and have to make a U-turn at Pasar Mawar," said Bambang Riyadi, one of the drivers, adding, "For poor drivers like us who only take in Rp 3,000 per day, it would kill us if we had to drive all the way up that long road."--JP