Etoll Non-paying Motorists To Face New Punishments

[Phillip Coetser]

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Thought it's over for E-tolls...not at all..... I quote the following,
For the gatvol motorists of Gauteng, it will soon become much more difficult to avoid paying your e-tolls. That’s because the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) is set to come into effect from July 2021, and as an official piece of government legislation, a failure to pay-up at the gantries will be branded a ‘criminal offence’.
AARTO will introduce a ‘demerit points system’, which will total up a driver’s offences and add penalty points onto their license depending on the severity of their indiscretions: Speeding, dangerous driving, and running stop signs will all contribute to your demerit totals – and we are just nine months away from these new laws coming into effect.

E-TOLLS PENALTIES PROPOSED FOR 2021
The bill itself splits motorists into two categories. Operator class vehicles, and light vehicles. The proposed penalties will be determined on the type of vehicle an individual is driving, with professional motorists set to pay more than those operating a motor privately. Here’s how AARTO will punish non-compliant drivers from next winter onwards:
For ‘operator class motors’ (trucks, delivery vehicles, etc), AARTO policy had previously threatened to fine drivers R500 and hit them with one demerit point for failure to pay each fine.
However, that has now been amended – and the fine for failing to pay e-tolls will double to R1 000 for operator class motors.
As it stands, they will receive no AARTO demerit points for this offence – only financial penalties for non-compliant drivers.
‘Light vehicles’ also won’t get demerit points, but these motorists will be fined R250 for every gantry they pass without paying-up.
(https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/e- ... s-gauteng/)

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