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Is the Aarto Bill a law for safe roads, or making money?

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SA's controversial Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Bill and its stinging demerit system - signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa this week - is the beginning of stringent road laws.

“There are constitutional issues [for the bill] in its current form and we think it’s more about making money than getting offenders off the road.”

Heyneke said if the state enforced e-tolls in Gauteng, the bill could be used to"bully" road users into paying toll fees. Reuben Mzayiya, spokesperson for the South African Meter Taxi Association, said his organisation was deeply concerned. Mzayiya said his organisation would be communicating with other associations to determine if there was any way to contest the newly-signed bill.

 

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