Fikile Mbalula says Aarto provides disincentives for poor driving behaviour. Picture: TWITTER
The judge found in favour of civil rights action group Outa, which challenged Aarto’s constitutional validity. Outa and the Automobile Association have criticised Aarto for being geared towards revenue collection instead of promoting road safety, with the AA saying it was a vast waste of taxpayers’ money that had done nothing to remedy SA’s shocking road death rate.
“This is before parliament, and we believe this is an important element in our efforts to arrest the scourge of fatalities on our roads,” he said. In the 42-day Arrive Alive campaign from December 1 to January 11, traffic officers conducted 651 roadblocks throughout the country and issued 264,690 fines for traffic offences. Of those, 21,431 were for drivers who failed to wear seat belts while 22,766 were for people driving without licences.
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