There are definitely other options to keeping gantries

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DARRYL HAMMOND | There are definitely other options to keeping gantries

For example, the system comprises a camera on every lane of the highway at every gantry. If the system were to change from one of tolling to that of average speed cameras, like we see in other provinces such as KwaZulu-Natal, then the people would have no choice but to pay; this time for breaking the law and receiving a fine for speeding.

Hundreds of thousands of motorists driving on our freeways, just going a little faster on their commute, would generate some serious money for the government. Look at it this way - the e-toll monthly cap for a class A2 vehicle is R276, that is what the government would get from a road user for one month of using the tolled roads. Now let us say that we drive 11km/h to 15km/h more than the allowed speed limit on the highway, and we get fined R250 .

We, as citizens, totally agree that our roads need to be maintained and improved with time for obvious reasons such as safety and the like, and we are not against that in any way. In fact, we welcome it.

 

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