Cape Town warns AARTO will take money out of its coffers

[Jan]

South Africa's new traffic fine laws will hit Cape Town where it hurts

The Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act will take money out of the City of Cape Town's coffers to give it to the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA).

This is according to Alderman JP Smith, the municipality's mayoral committee for safety and security, who added that the City would have no issue absorbing the new system.

 

[Ross85]

Question, where I live there are thousands of trucks driving around. They push cars around causes horrific accidents. How will this stop this behaviour?

 

[Mekon]

Question, where I live there are thousands of trucks driving around. They push cars around causes horrific accidents. How will this stop this behaviour?

It won't. It won't be policed properly because traffic cops are fat lazy slobs dreaming about their next 9 piece KFC meal bought with bribe money.
I was stopped by JMPD a few months ago on the N1 for 1 of my 3 brake lights being out. The cop waddled up to my window and told me the "problem" and then proceeded to sigh and get ready to write a fine and asked if I want to sponsor R50 for lunch instead of a fine. I said I'll rather take the fine. He closed his fine book, said I can go and waddled back to his car. Before they pulled off the passenger opens the door slightly and chucks a KFC box out onto the grass and they pull off and I pull off behind them. I drive behind them for a while and they move over a lane and there is a rickety old Hilux bakkie of the early 90's with no tail light lenses or globes that they were traveling behind for a good while. I had to laugh that they would ignore that but pull people over for 1 brake light being out.

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

It's almost like that's the plan

 

[Swa]

Ah rubbish, municipalities will just ensure they have bylaws for every offence.

 

[Bliksis]

If only we had public transport and weren't forced to use our own transport.