AARTO could enforce e-Tolls
This is extremely important and affects the entire country. AARTO is about to be implemented and appears to be designed to enforce Etolls. Act now by clicking this link.
The AARTO Amendment Bill seeks to amend many of the current provisions of the AARTO Act in preparation for national implementation – whereafter the long-awaited points-demerit system is expected to be introduced.
“This may sound like good news to law-abiding motorists who have grown tired of the lawlessness on our roads, but there are numerous provisions of the AARTO Act which, along with the proposed amendments, will literally make your hair stand on end,” says JPSA’s chairperson, Howard Dembovsky.
The Provincial Government has asked for your input and comment ahead of the national roll-out of AARTO. Please take action and participate, as you have done before, by clicking this link.
We have highlighted a number of points of serious concern which affect you directly, including; your ability to exercise your constitutional right to a fair trial by electing to be tried in court is to be removed entirely. – Take a look.
If you don’t take any action, your inaction will be regarded as tacit agreement with the provisions of the AARTO Amendment Bill.
DO NOT allow the same thing to happen with the AARTO Amendment Bill as happened with e-tolls. If the AARTO Amendment Bill is passed into law, it will only be a matter of time before it affects us all as motorists and it will be too late for tears.
Here’s how AARTO could enforce e-Tolls;
A fine for failing to pay the e-toll applicable to a particular e-toll gantry is R250 per gantry for light motor vehicles and R500 for operator class vehicles.
1. There are no demerit points applicable to a fine of R250, but there is 1 demerit point applicable to a fine of R500.
2. If you pass 3 gantries in each direction to and from work each day in a light motor vehicle or motorcycle, you will pass under 30 gantries in a five-week month. Your accumulated fines will, therefore, total R7,500 which, you will receive a 50% discount on if you pay them within 32 days of the service of an infringement notice. You will not incur any demerit points.
3. If a truck passes under just 3 gantries in each direction a day, its owner will have to pay R15,000 (also discounted if paid within 30 days), but that driver or proxy will have their driving licence suspended for 54 months at the end of that month if they pay the infringement notices.
4. Remember, you will not be allowed to elect to be tried in court.
5. Also remember that if an enforcement order is issued, you will not be able to renew your vehicle licence disc, driving licence card and/or professional driving permit, and where demerit points are applicable, they will be added to your driving licence when that enforcement order is issued.
Public hearings in the Western Cape are scheduled as follows (other provinces have not yet been announced):
DATE | TIME | VENUE | AREA |
Thursday 15 February 2018 |
17:00 | Bellville Civic Centre Voortrekker Road |
Bellville |
Monday 19 February 2018 |
17:00 | New Hall Solomon Tshuku Avenue Site C |
Khayelitsha |
Tuesday 27 February 2018 |
17:00 | Mossel Bay Town Hall Marsh Street |
Mossel Bay |
Wednesday 28 February 2018 |
17:00 | Moffat Hall Dahlia Street Mount Pleasant |
Hermanus |
Thursday 1 March 2018 |
17:00 | Kathy Johnson Multipurpose Centre Bloekom Avenue |
Clanwilliam |