Is motor transportation in Jakarta dangerous? [closed]

While being in Jakarta will be dealing with motorized vehicles, whether your are walking, in a car, or in a motorcycle. If you take the taxi for instance, you will notice cars don’t have a safety belt in the back. If you take an ojek (moto-taxi), the driver will give you a shitty helmet and drive recklessly, putting your life in danger every second.

Best Answer

No, not safe if you are comparing that to western standards. I live in Jakarta half of the year for many years now and I never tried ojek because I do not think it is safe, but that's due to personal issues with motorcycles.

Anyway, inside cities motorcycles will not have a chance to go really fast, and in my years here I have never seen a serious ojek accident inside cities to be honest. So you can use ojek as long as it is inside cities and condensed areas as it is the fastest transportation method.