Traffic: Order, please!

Traffic: Order, please!

From Neraca

Can we hope for the city authority to bring order to the
chaotic traffic on the road in front of the campus of Christian
University of Indonesia (UKI) in Cawang?

On June 27 I witnessed a tragic accident there. In the midst
of the rush hours a PPD 900 A city bus serving the Depok-Pasar
Baru route ran over the thighs of a man who unfortunately fell
while jostling to get onto the bus.

Hundreds of people who saw it were obviously shocked and
aghast, but none of them hurried to help the bleeding man. Nearby
was a police guard post, and several police were close by
directing heavy traffic. But they did not act to help and carry
him to the UKI university hospital, only scores of meters away in
the campus compound.

On my part, I was already late for work and, besides, I
couldn't stand to watch the blood drenching the injured man's
lower part.

Who was to blame? Not the bus for it was only moving slowly.

The fact is that the location in front of the UKI university
has become a hub of public transportation traffic, with all sorts
of people coming from and going to many places constantly forming
crowds there. A picture of the daily scene there had once
appeared in the papers.

I would say it's now time for the authorities to bring order
to the chaos.

ANOM SUSANTININGTTIAS

East Jakarta