Repair shop owners reprimanded

Repair shop owners reprimanded

The City Land Transportation and Traffic Control Agency
(DLLAJ) has reprimanded 80 owners of vehicle repair shops for
parking their customer's vehicles on the roadside or sidewalk.

"We will not allow the use of these areas for parking lots
because it causes traffic jams, disturbs order and reduces
pedestrians' comfort," Herman Tonglo Langi, a DLLAJ sub-
divisional head in charge of traffic and public transport
control, said.

Herman said that the 80 vehicles repair shops, located along
the main streets in South, East and North Jakarta, have obeyed
his office's order without any resistance.

However, Herman did not rule out the possibility that the
owners might heed the order for the time being but then reopen
their businesses again in the zones.

"We will absolutely not tolerate it," said Herman, adding
that vehicles parked on the sidewalks would be removed and that
the repair shops' owners would be ordered to pay the incurred
expenses. (arf)