Motorcycle taxis

Motorcycle taxis

From Neraca

Jakarta badly needs the services of ojek (motorcycle taxis) for transporting people who live in areas which cannot be reached by public transportation.

But the bad side of the ojek is that the drivers are usually careless and tend to drive fast which can endanger other road users. Besides, they often loiter at a strategic site and obstruct traffic.

They also vie for passengers alighting from buses with the least thought of orderliness and the danger caused. Such scenes are a common sight at the toll gate in East Bekasi, West Java, and in nearby areas.

In the evening, the situation is even worse. The ojek, which are supposed to wait for customers in the slow lane, get into the fast lane, risking not only their own lives but other people's.

I hope the police will take necessary steps to discipline these ojek drivers.

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