Alarm bells over new Aarto law that proposes sending fines via WhatsApp
A civil rights group and the Automobile Association (AA) have raised concerns with some of the draft regulations for the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic…
Mbalula to soon introduce new bill on blood alcohol level allowed for motorists
The government has rehashed a bill intended to set to 0% the level of alcohol that motorists should have in their blood when behind the…
Motorists warned about AARTO traffic fine payment scam
The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) has warned motorists to be wary of scammers who are calling motorists and giving them certain bank accounts to…
Drivers legal blood-alcohol limit changed to 0%
A new driving law being put in place by June 2020 will make 0% the new legal blood-alcohol limit for drivers. This means that no…
AARTO: How to avoid accumulating points
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Bill into law. The legislation is designed to change driver behaviour through…
Controversial Aarto Act will ‘correct’ driver behaviour in SA – RTIA
Pretoria – The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA), which administers the highly contentious Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act, on Thursday said the…
Drivers set to be fined R500 for passing e-toll gantry without paying
In a statement on Sunday, the DA warned that under the new Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act (AARTO) laws, motorists stand to…
Is the Aarto Bill a law for safe roads, or making money?
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…
All traffic fines older than 18 months to be scrapped
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has reportedly issued a countrywide instruction that all outstanding traffic fines issued in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA)…
