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Archipelago 9 months ago
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Truck drivers protest plans for stricter load restriction policy
The protesters claim that the government’s over dimension overload (ODOL) policy unfairly targets drivers. They argued that while drivers face the threat of imprisonment for overloading their vehicles, transport company operators, who often instruct them to exceed legal limits, are rarely held accountable.
People 3 years ago
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'We are not your enemy', say S.Korean truckers striking for minimum wage protections
Inside five white tents outside the Uiwang container depot near Seoul, about 200 striking truckers huddle around gas heaters, trying to fight the bitter cold and the government narrative that they are well paid "labour aristocracy."
Lifestyle 4 years ago
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No income and no reunions: Transportation industry workers lament travel ban
Workers who rely on the mudik travel season for an annual income boost are caught between a rock and a hard place - making much less than usual yet unable to go home to be with their families. They tell The Jakarta Post of their frustration.
City 6 years ago
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Overload, fatigue main factors in truck accidents
According to the Jakarta Police there were 243 truck accidents in Greater Jakarta last year, accounting for 4.11 percent of the 4,286 traffic accidents in the area. Meanwhile, a 2017 study of state-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga revealed that 64 percent of accidents on highways involved freight trucks.
National 6 years ago
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Drivers of overloaded trucks named suspects in deadly Bandung-Jakarta toll road crash
The drivers, identified as DH, 45, and S, 40, were driving overloaded freight trucks, which the police believe had affected the brake system when the vehicles went downhill at the 91-kilometer point of the toll road, leading to the accident.
