The delay in the planned roll-out of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto), which was due for April 01, will allow for further discussion of key concerns that remain unanswered, the Southern African Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association said yesterday.
Amongst the many issues on the table is the need for government to make public the results of the Aarto pilot study so that all stakeholders can become aware of the lessons learnt and will be able to contribute to any proposed regulation changes in the future, a spokesman said. “Some of the key lessons learnt from the e-tolling process to date are that it is difficult for stakeholders to give productive input into a process when information is withheld by the Department of Transport.
“As the central focus of Aarto is to change driver behaviour, Savrala would like to see the current schedule of offences (over three thousand) get reduced to focus on the critical infringements that contribute to the current unacceptable level of death on our roads. Savrala believes a simplified schedule of key offences would assist both consistent enforcement by the authorities and provide better understanding to the public road user.”
