Pay your fine fast and get a discount
04.07.2007, 15:12
Traffic offenders can look forward to a discount of up to 50 percent on their fines if they pay within 32 days - and errant motorists can even opt to pay their fines in instalments.
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Thabo Tsholetsane, the spokesperson for the Road Traffic Management Corporation, said the pilot project would take place in Tshwane - Pretoria - "early in the new year".
It is hoped the new system, part of the new Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences demerit system, will remove the "stress" on the courts and reduce their workloads by offering incentives to motorists to pay their fines.
While the proposed discount on traffic fines will be good news for motorists, the new system will also result in motorists getting demerits for various offences, which could lead to their losing their driver's licences if they exceed a certain number of points.
Commenting on the new discounted and easy-pay system, Tsholetsane said: "This will really take away the administration work from the courts.
"If an offender pays early then it is a straightforward process and the sending out of summons and warrants of arrest is no longer necessary."
Offenders would also be able to pay in instalments.
"Once we are satisfied, the pilot project will determine whether we are going to roll out nationally or province by province. We have not made that decision yet," Tsholetsane said.
The pilot project was due to begin in two months, but had been delayed after an assessment had been done.