“We are rolling it out next year, we are sure it’s going to happen in the next calendar year,” said RTMC acting chief executive Collins Letsoalo.<\/p>\n
An announcement on when the demerit system would kick in would be made next year as Aarto rolled out.<\/p>\n
The RTMC began an “education campaign” on October 1 at the O R Tambo International Airport, he said.<\/p>\n
The Aarto legislation would implement a point demerit system in which motorists would be penalised or lose their driver’s licences after a certain number of traffic offences.<\/p>\n
Aarto pilot projects had been running in Johannesburg and Tshwane.<\/p>\n
Letsoalo said system problems and gaps in the legislative process were identified during the pilot projects.<\/p>\n
“But in the main it has gone well, we are perfecting that as we go forward,” he said.<\/p>\n
In June the RTMC announced that the implementation of the Aarto system would be delayed to ensure the legislation was effective when it was implemented.<\/p>\n
Problems with communication and educating the public on their rights, duties and obligations had also been identified during the pilot implementation of the legislation in Tshwane and Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
Other issues of concern were training people to use the system and effective performance of the system when uploading infringement information.<\/p>\n
Aarto was to have been introduced in Ekurhuleni, Ethekwini, Nelson Mandela Bay and the City of Cape Town on July 1.<\/p>\n
At the time, the corporation said the delay would be around two or three months.<\/p>\n