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The agency said this provision has been removed from the Aarto Law and that the only way law enforcement can get motorists to pay outstanding fines is by issuing execution warrants.
JOHANNESBURG – The Traffic Violations Agency (RTIA) said motorists cannot receive an arrest warrant for failing to pay their traffic tickets.
The agency said this provision has been removed from the Aarto Law and that the only way law enforcement agencies can get motorists to pay outstanding fines is by issuing execution warrants.
The agency said motorists were given more than 60 days to resolve a traffic ticket, after which a formal notice was sent, followed by a letter of compliance.
• READ: Explanation of the draft of the AARTO Law
The Traffic Violations Agency has been accused of intensifying these enforcement orders, in accordance with the legislation, even if it only has one violation.
This makes it more difficult to obtain a driver’s license or register your vehicle.
RTIA spokesperson Monde Mkalipi warned motorists not to fall in love with scammers.
“There is absolutely no chance that a used road will have an arrest warrant to resolve an Aarto ticket. Road users are requested to contact the RTIA.”
Several motorists have been scammed by opportunists who prey on those who want to renew their driver’s license or vehicle license disk, threatening to be arrested unless they shell out large sums of money.
A man, who does not want to be identified, was scammed out of more than R3,000 by scammers who wanted to help him renew his driver’s license.
“I received a phone call saying that I have outstanding fines amounting to R3,000 and that I have to pay them immediately, otherwise they will not renew my driver’s license. I told them that I did not have that amount of money and they told me that we will have to press and press charges and I may be arrested. “
These practices are not exactly new, but the South African Justice Project said it was taking advantage of more people and this could be attributed in part to enforcement orders from the Traffic Infractions Agency, which made it nearly impossible to navigate or negotiate.
As President Howard Dembovsky explains, criminals are also getting smarter by printing bogus arrest warrants in the driver’s name to make things more convincing.
“I suspect this is a union that is operating … they go from center to center.”
Dembovsky stresses that the Aarto Law does not include arrest warrants because they are issued by the courts. It is also concerned that those trying to report crimes receive little or no help from authorities.
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