Attention all drivers! With the imminent AARTO national rollout, it is important to be aware of the new Points Demerit System (PDS). Remember, you can accumulate up to a maximum of 15 points before your driver’s license is suspended for three months for each point above 15. This shows that […]
While there are challenges around the management and implementation of AARTO, there are also benefits that need to be understood today to ensure compliance and value tomorrow. The changes to AARTO are revising how companies and individuals need to contest fines, particularly for companies where drivers are not the licensed […]
The future of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) – from a Constitutional point of view – awaits the consideration and judgement from the Constitutional Court, where the matter was heard in November 2022. The Court reserved judgement, and there are indications that the judgement should be handed […]
According to the Department of Transport, the AARTO Amendment Act will apply nationwide on 1 July 2021. Implementing this act will see traffic authorities increase their presence on the roads to enforce traffic rules, ensuring safer streets, highways, and country roads. One of the problems facing transport operators and their […]
The Road Freight Association (RFA) is shocked and deeply concerned about the recent suspension of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency’s Chief Executive Officer, Japh Chuwe, amidst allegations of “serious maladministration” by the Auditor-General. This has a severe impact on the implementation of the highly controversial Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic […]
South African road accidents and deaths cost the country in excess of R168 billion according to the Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula. Road traffic accidents are also the leading cause of death of young people aged between 5 and 29 years. Yet, despite a reduction in fatalities over the 2019 […]
The Road Freight Association (RFA) is working with all relevant role-players to ensure that the proposed Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) regulations are properly considered before implementation and that AARTO will achieve its main purpose of ensuring road safety – if implemented at all. This is according to […]
The AARTO legislation has remained in the news over the last few weeks, and everyone is awaiting the implementation of the legislation. The Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA) indicated that the Regulations, in terms of the AARTO Act, as it is amended by Act 4 of 2019, will be published […]
For the last 18 years, the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (AARTO) points demerit system has been delayed due to various reasons, including a pending feasibility study and assessment of technological requirements. In April 2016, Chief Operating Officer of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) Thabo Tsholetane […]
