More busway drivers being tested

More busway drivers being tested

JAKARTA: At least 70 drivers are in the third phase of the
process to become busway drivers at the Pinang Ranti busway
terminal in Pondok Gede, East Jakarta.

According to a director at busway operator PT Jakarta Express
Trans, Ibnu Susanto, only 40 drivers would pass through to the
next phase.

"We only pass the best drivers ... the ones who are not
reckless and can meet our standards," he said on Thursday as
quoted by the city administration's official website,
BeritaJakarta.com.

The drivers are being put through their paces by a team made
up of officials from the City Communications Agency, the traffic
police and city-sanctioned busway management group TransJakarta.

TransJakarta official Suparmono said the 40 drivers who
advanced to the next stage of screening would have to undergo
five days of training, to be followed by a driving test in the
exclusive busway lane.

Since the opening of the busway, 25 of the 165 busway drivers
have been dismissed for reckless driving or resigned. All of the
current busway drivers are former intercity bus drivers. --JP