Public vihicles impounded

Public vihicles impounded

JAKARTA (JP): The City Land Transportation Control Agency has impounded a total of 3,147 public transportation vehicles since January this year.

Head of the Traffic Control Department of the agency Herman Tonglo Langi said that among the public transit means which have been impounded are minivans and three-wheeled vehicles such as bemo, helicak.

"About 101 bemo, 14 minivans and three helicak were impounded by our personnel because they did not have proper documentation," Herman said as quoted by Merdeka daily.

He explained that the impounded vehicles operated illegally on legal routes. For bemo there are 10 routes in Central Jakarta, nine in West Jakarta, six each in South and North Jakarta and three in East Jakarta.

Herman explained that most of the vehicles also violated other regulations, including the dropping of passengers at undesignated destinations and the absence of drivers' uniforms.

He said currently all vehicles are at the agency's impounding lot on Jl. Pemuda, East Jakarta. (yns)