Stricter measures on the road will be introduced if this Bill is singed into law. The National Assembly has done its bit. Now it is up to President Cyril Ramaphosa to sign the controversial Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Bill into law.
As reported by Business Tech, both Houses were in agreement that the Bill ought to be singed into law. It is now the responsibility of the president to decide if it will indeed serve its purpose, which is to fundamentally change the way South Africans drive.
Where will we see changes with the Aarto Bill?
Penalties on non-payment of traffic fines?
Once the new Bill becomes law, law enforcement will have the right to clamp down a lot harder on motorists who fail to pay their traffic fines.
Currently, motorists with unpaid traffic fines still enjoy the luxury of being on the road. This new law will more than likely restrict that, or at least make driving around with unpaid
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