The AARTO Amendment Bill is/ was on President Ramaphosa’s desk for sign-off. Once this is done, promulgation takes place, and AARTO will be rolled out country wide. Some changes are for the better and some may be hard to swallow. Here is a short summary of those that may have the biggest impact. Starting of…

What effect will AARTO fines have on automotive dealerships? Two answers: none, in some cases, and in other cases, HUGE! If the purchaser of a vehicle does not have any unpaid fines, the effect is none. If the purchaser does have unpaid fines… AARTO, and the two metro police departments governed by AARTO recently started…

Recently a question was posed to the Minister of Transport, with regards to Traffic Infringement Notices being issued. The Minister duly replied to this. Question Number: 3034 Adv A de W Alberts (FF Plus) asked the Minister of Transport: (1)           Whether, with reference to his reply to question 2055 on 29 June 2018, it has…

In the previous article we looked at the differences between AARTO fines and CPA fines. With both CPA and AARTO fines you get a “NAG” or No Admission of Guilt fines. These are, in fact, not a fine, but a notice of offence. A Summons to appear in Court will follow. If you were stopped…

And FINE does not mean Freaked-out, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional, although, once the gravity of what is happening sets in, that may be the case! What a mess! In South Africa we are stuck with AARTO, which is the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act, No. 46 of 1998, and we have the…