RTIA's big traffic fine whoopsie

[Hanno Labuschagne]

RTIA's big traffic fine whoopsie

The Road Traffic Infringement Agency has incurred a substantial debt to the South African Post Office to deliver payment demands for invalid fines, the Sunday Times reports.

Citing two sources, the paper reported that the agency had to forfeit the income, causing cashflow problems.

 

[deweyzeph]

The real WTF here is that the RTIA honestly believes fines it sends in the post will actually get to the person they're sent to, whether they're invalid or not.

 

[r00igev@@r]

The minister of post will sort this out chop chop

 

[schuits]

The real WTF here is that the RTIA honestly believes fines it sends in the post will actually get to the person they're sent to, whether they're invalid or not.

That's what I wonder. If the fine isn't handed over personally or sent by registered post then according to the RTIA it isn't valid. Sometimes you don't even know you have a fine until you register with some 3rd party website to look them up.
But I'll bet my bottom dollar the moment you drive through a road block, you won't be leaving there until the fine is paid.

The only recourse you have is to go to court, but seriously who will do that? So we end up paying fines that are technically not valid.

 

[garye]

Show me the fine and i might pay. Sms messages or emails are invalid.

 

[Harmonic]

The minister of post will sort this out chop chop

I believe bheki is looking for a job?

 

[r00igev@@r]

I believe bheki is looking for a job?

No, he is mowing my lawn next Tuesday.

 

[DARoodt]

No, he is mowing my lawn next Tuesday.

Can you send him round to my farm too please, the grass is very long. He can also see what's wrong with the weeteater

 

[Hemi300c]

They need to extend prescription to 15yrs if they use the "post" office

 

[Harmonic]

Can you send him round to my farm too please, the grass is very long. He can also see what's wrong with the weeteater

Gwede is eating all the wheat. That's the problem

 

[ToxicBunny]

That's what I wonder. If the fine isn't handed over personally or sent by registered post then according to the RTIA it isn't valid. Sometimes you don't even know you have a fine until you register with some 3rd party website to look them up.
But I'll bet my bottom dollar the moment you drive through a road block, you won't be leaving there until the fine is paid.

The only recourse you have is to go to court, but seriously who will do that? So we end up paying fines that are technically not valid.

So nope, even at a roadblock, they cannot stop you from leaving if you have unpaid fines, unless a warrant of arrest has been issued on that fine.

 

[Curt889]

Been wondering why fines never arrive and I just never pay.i have a glovebox full of fines. Iv never paid a fine once. Africa's inefficiencies work in my favour's.

 

[r00igev@@r]

Can you send him round to my farm too please, the grass is very long. He can also see what's wrong with the weeteater

Just be careful. He screams and is belligerent. Loves shouting Ssssssssshhhhhhhaaaaarrrrrrruuuuup.

 

[deweyzeph]

The City of Cape Town no longer even bothers to post traffic fines anymore. They just sms you to let you know that you've got a fine. I guess if your cellphone number on your Natis profile is wrong then you'll never even know you've got a fine. But you would never have known anyway if they tried to post it to you.