Poor discipline of road users

Poor discipline of road users

From Warta Kota

In the present era of openness, many community members,
particularly drivers of motorized vehicles, are inclined to
violate traffic signs, not to mention parking vehicles in
prohibited areas. They take up almost all parts of the roads,
such as what you can see in front of Pasar Hayam Wuruk Indah in
Jakarta.

Drivers frequently violate road signs, especially at road
intersections when the traffic lights turn red. They stop their
vehicles after the white line, instead of before it.

They usually observe traffic regulations only in the presence
of traffic policemen. When there are no traffic policemen in
sight, they cross the white line to try to get to the front of
the queue so that they can move on the moment the traffic lights
turn green.

This action can be dangerous at dusk or at dawn, the time when
most public transport drivers defy the forbidden line, forcing
otherwise obedient drivers to do the same, unless they want to be
"terrorized" by the noisy honking of horns or allow themselves to
be rudely overtaken. Hero Plaza's intersection in Bekasi is a
good example of where this goes on.

Therefore, some traffic policemen should be deployed there to
ensure that drivers observe traffic regulations and no longer
illegally cross the white line of a road. Many drivers do not
care much about adhering to this regulation. Or, perhaps, they
are simply ignorant of this particular traffic regulation?

WARGO MULYONO

Bekasi, West Java