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