The quickest way to lose your driver’s licence in South Africa

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The quickest way to lose your driver’s licence in South Africa

Once South Africa's traffic law introduces demerit points, it will be possible to lose your licence in a single transgression.

 

[ISP cash cow]

Can't lose the license if you don't have one.

 

[PhireSide]

Is the correct answer 'give it to a corrupt traffic cop at a routine checkpoint and don't have money for a R200 bribe'?

 

[Lupus]

Can't lose the license if you don't have one.

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Apparently you'll still get 4 demerits

 

[Koos Custodiet]

The WTF is strong.

Driving an unregistered vehicle	R1,000	3
Driving a vehicle without a valid licence disc	R1,000	3

So failure to display is the same as having an unregistered vehicle? Should an unregistered vehicle not be impounded and you go to court?

Driving without a licence

R1,250

4

So it's OK to drive without a licence? No arrest, no court, and you get four demerits counting towards your 15 point licence suspension... wait, what?

 

[Lupus]

The WTF is strong.

Driving an unregistered vehicle	R1,000	3
Driving a vehicle without a valid licence disc	R1,000	3

So failure to display is the same as having an unregistered vehicle? Should an unregistered vehicle not be impounded and you go to court?

Driving without a licence

R1,250

4

So it's OK to drive without a licence? No arrest, no court, and you get four demerits counting towards your 15 point licence suspension... wait, what?

What is funny is if you do not have a license, how do you get the demerits? You don't have a license, it doesn't say failure to produce a license, it says driving without one. Also technically they could stop being lazy and just check enatis for your license.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

I would like to see how they even enforce most of these, given how successfully they've been doing it in Jhb...

 

[Dimpie (JIGSAW)]

...but this helps nothing if they're going to keep ignoring the offenders. How many times have people not asked for them to investigate an intersection or piece of road where "Taxis" do their own thing, yet no traffic official ever comes to the scene.

...but NO, lets set up a speed trap, sit back and let the "machine" do the work.

 

[Lupus]

I would like to see how they even enforce most of these, given how successfully they've been doing it in Jhb...

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I mean, this has been on the drawing board for almost 30 years and sure it made sense 28 years ago, hell even when it was deployed in JHB... But yeah no... You actually require policing for most of these and that is what doesn't exist.

 

[Lupus]

...but this helps nothing if they're going to keep ignoring the offenders. How many times have people not asked for them to investigate an intersection or piece of road where "Taxis" do their own thing, yet no traffic official ever comes to the scene.

...but NO, lets set up a speed trap, sit back and let the "machine" do the work.

Taxi's are exempt from everything, seen the rare occasion when a cop has tried and other taxis suddenly stop and surround the cop car.