Why Passengers Should Avoid Using Bus Toilets at Gas Stations

Jakarta –

Recently, an old video about bus who was stuck at the gas station again went viral on social media. The large dimension vehicle cannot continue its journey after a passenger defecates inside toilet bus when the vehicle stops in the pom area.

Taken from the TikTok account @anbowr, that unique event happened a year ago. The bus, which was known to belong to PO Kencana, was approached by officers in uniform. He asked, who defecated in the bus toilet when the vehicle was stopped? However, none of the passengers who want to confess.

“For example, if you leave it, I don’t know what will happen to me. Just give me Rp. 50,000 for cleaning money. If this is the case, it will be difficult for us,” said the officer, quoted on Saturday (10/6).

In the end, all passengers decide to share or jointly pay for the cleaning fee. Because, even though they had been urged, none of them had confessed.

So, related to this incident, why can’t passengers defecate in the bus toilet when the vehicle is stopped? So that the same thing doesn’t happen again, let’s find out the answer, detikers!

Reasons Not to Use Bus Toilets at gas stations

It is known, buses are now generally equipped with a toilet at the back. However, it needs to be understood, not all buses have a septic tank or sewage collection site.

Bus toilets are usually used for urinating, not defecating. Passengers are also advised to use the toilet when the bus is running and not to use it when it stops.

The toilet is actually not suitable for defecation. Moreover, if the vehicle is not equipped with a container or septic tank, the dirt might immediately spill onto the road.

PO Putera Mulya through his social media once explained that bus toilets could only be used for urinating, not defecating. Apart from not having a drain tank, the capacity of the water tank on AKAP buses is also very limited, which is only around 200 liters.

Head of Bus Product & Sales, Daimler Commercial Vehicles Indonesia, Adri Budiman confirmed that buses are generally not equipped with dirt containers. So, it is not good to use defecation.

“In general, buses in Indonesia do not have a septic tank to collect urination results,” Adri told detikOto.

“Therefore, most bus bodies only allow bus passengers to use the toilet while the bus is running to avoid water stored in the toilet and odors that can enter the bus cabin and can pollute the highway,” he added.

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