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Jakarta suspends permits for 1,600 unsafe buses

Safety concerns: Out of use Metromini buses sit at the kerb

Edna Tarigan (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, December 7, 2015 Published on Dec. 7, 2015 Published on 2015-12-07T17:24:44+07:00

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Jakarta suspends permits for 1,600 unsafe buses Safety concerns: Out of use Metromini buses sit at the kerb. The Jakarta administration has suspended route permits of many Metromini buses, which are often driven in an out-of-control fashion, leading to frequent accidents. (Kompas) (Kompas)

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span class="caption">Safety concerns: Out of use Metromini buses sit at the kerb. The Jakarta administration has suspended route permits of many Metromini buses, which are often driven in an out-of-control fashion, leading to frequent accidents. (Kompas)

Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has annouced that the city'€™s transportation department has suspended route permits for more than a thousand Metro Mini buses following the recent deadly crash.

"We have suspended the route permits of 1,600 buses as we consider them unsafe,'€ Ahok told reporters on Monday.

The unsafe buses failed to pass roadworthiness tests (KIR), according to Ahok. "We seized them on the road [after random inpections].'€

Yesterday, 18 people died after a commuter train hit a Metromini bus at a railway crossing near Angke train station in West Jakarta. (dan)(+)

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