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Comments on other issues: Street injustice: Rev up your motorbike
Bike sports: A number of female bikers from the organization Women on Wheels Indonesia ride their big motorbikes in Jakarta recently
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Bike sports: A number of female bikers from the organization Women on Wheels Indonesia ride their big motorbikes in Jakarta recently. The female bikers used the activity to conduct social work and organize a gathering among themselves.(JP/P.J. Leo) (JP/P.J. Leo)
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span class="inline inline-center">Bike sports: A number of female bikers from the organization Women on Wheels Indonesia ride their big motorbikes in Jakarta recently. The female bikers used the activity to conduct social work and organize a gathering among themselves.(JP/P.J. Leo)
Aug 23, p5
A recent minor incident in Yogyakarta in which Elanto Wijoyono, a brave cycling campaigner, risked life and limb by blocking a police-escorted Harley Davidson convoy is a timely reminder that there is something very wrong with our 'road manners', traffic regulations and street justice.
The issue may have died down had the incident not involved a Harley parade and a police escort. Apparently, the incident was only the culmination of a popular loathing of big motorbike convoys that often aggravate traffic, especially in major cities like Yogyakarta.
On the streets, riders of these expensive motorbikes ' Harley Davidsons are but one type ' often display arrogance.
Your comments:
Harleys are the epitome of traditional American engineering. That's why the rest of the world rides better bikes made by Japanese or European companies.
Brian Westlake
Let's hear it for 'fat bikes'.
All we Harley Bros thank you ordinary bozos for calling attention to our 'cult'.
I suspect that, as we have the most fun and the best looking girls riding alongside, you may just be slightly envious.
That's ok, we understand. Just get on your 2.5CC scooters, quaff some icy cold Bintang and you too can pretend to be a Harley Bro.
Hud
Just wait till Pak Budi takes over as National Police chief and begins to enforce the alcohol prohibition laws. I venture to say 'we haven't seen anything yet'.
Robert J. Cochrane
I worry now that Elanto Wijoyono may be a marked man. The police have form in going after anyone who questions their questionable authority. At the same time we can only hope other Indonesians take note of Elanto's bravery and start taking their own stands against any questionable authority. It starts with one but needs to build from there.
Simaging
This article hits the nail on the head. 'To serve and protect' only the rich and powerful, a very true statement and a serious problem in the country. In typical fashion, the police have served the interests of the wealthy while undermining the protection of the masses, all the while breaking laws and then defending their self-serving interests. In the eyes of the public, the police are held in low esteem, not trusted and are considered the most corrupt of all state employees. While the police are busy serving the rich and powerful, crime has risen, drug use has increased and general lawlessness occurs throughout the country, yet this organization continues to justify and defend its position on every stance of wrong-doing. Not a single organization or government agency or official stands up to the abuse dished out by the people mandated to uphold the law. As long as law enforcement agencies and the judicial system can be bought by the rich and powerful, Indonesia will continue to decline as a developing country.
It is time that the police force and judiciary be purged of all 'bad apples' to make Indonesia a safer, law-abiding and corruption-free country.
Willo
