{"id":418650,"date":"2021-10-17T08:31:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T06:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=418650"},"modified":"2021-10-18T11:10:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T09:10:27","slug":"big-speeding-fine-problems-in-gauteng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/motoring\/418650-big-speeding-fine-problems-in-gauteng.html","title":{"rendered":"Big speeding fine problems in Gauteng"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Johannesburg and Tshwane metro police departments have not issued any traffic fines for speed infringements caught on camera in more than three months.<\/p>\n

That is according to two firms who administer traffic fines for over 500 companies with vehicle fleets active throughout Gauteng.<\/p>\n

The firms told Rapport<\/strong><\/a> that the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) and Tshwane Metro Police Department (TPMD) had not loaded any camera fines for speed infringements on the National Traffic Information Systems (Natis) since 1 July.<\/p>\n

One of the firms said only a few handwritten fines had been loaded and questioned whether all of the outstanding fines could be processed and loaded simultaneously at one point.<\/p>\n

However, civil action group Outa has warned that a fine notice must be issued to the infringer within 40 days of the infringement.<\/p>\n

Failure to do so means the authorities no longer have the right to collect payments of these fines, which could cost the municipalities millions.<\/p>\n

The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) confirmed to Rapport that there had been a worryingly sharp decline in the number of fines loaded by JMPD and TMPD over the last few months.<\/p>\n

\"Johannesburg<\/a><\/p>\n

RTIA spokesperson Monde Mkalipi blamed the problems in Johannesburg on the expiration of a contract with Syntell, the traffic service provider who previously loaded the fines onto Natis.<\/p>\n

Rapport said it was also responsible for providing the speed cameras and vehicles which maintained them.<\/p>\n

The contract concluded at the end of June, and with no new service provider appointed, JMPD personnel are now loading the fines themselves.<\/p>\n

It was not clear what was behind the backlog in Tshwane, as it does not use Syntell.<\/p>\n

Johannesburg and Tshwane are currently the only municipalities in which the new driving infringement system known as the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act is already in effect.<\/p>\n

Government delayed the implementation of the system by a year, and it is currently being rolled out nationally in a phased manner<\/strong><\/a> to come into effect on 1 July 2022.<\/p>\n

It sees significant changes in how traffic infringement and offences are handled and includes a points demerit system that can suspend motorists’ licences once a certain threshold is reached.<\/p>\n

\"SA<\/a><\/p>\n

Phase 1, which ran from 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021, included enabling eNatis to collect Aarto payments, establishing Aarto service outlets, and a communications campaign.<\/p>\n

Phase 2 started in October and will include introducing the electronic service of documents like traffic infringements.<\/p>\n

It will allow motorists to opt to receive traffic fines in three ways:<\/p>\n