The Implications of the AARTO Act
The purpose of this article is to explain how the AARTO system works, as well as to provide more information of the various options, rights and obligations that infringers have in terms of the Act.
The road traffic environment in the country has over the years been faced with difficult challenges regarding the increment of road safety. The senseless loss of lives experienced on the country’s roads, which especially takes a high profile during Easter and the Festive Season have impacted negatively on the country’s social fabric.
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ERRONEOUS PENALTY AMOUNTS ON AARTO 09 FORMS: JMPD
Motorists were recently confronted with erroneous penalty amounts on AARTO 09 forms from the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) understandably leading to panic and confusion.
False Allegations Against RTIA on Fines
In response to the article published by the Sowetan Newspaper on 13 March 2012, titled “Agency out to fleece motorists”, the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) would like to state that in terms of the Act, it is the custodian of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (AARTO), and amongst others, it is mandated to collect outstanding traffic infringements where they have been committed in terms of the AARTO.
