A national fleet manager of a retail furniture group has to budget an extra R1.2m just that his company can check truck drivers’ demerit points once every month. This is only one of the additional expenses that he faces when the controversial Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences) traffic [...]
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We decided to provide greater clarity on the demerit system and specifically the effect thereof on speeding offences! There are many hoax emails doing the rounds about AARTO and the demerit system. Some of these claim that the demerit system has started and others that you will lose demerit points if you exceed the limit [...]
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This question was sent to the Arrive Alive website yesterday. We would like to share the answer provided by one of the Experts from the RTMC: “The Demerit Point part of AARTO will follow after the implementation of AARTO (Penalty Payment part) countrywide. The National Minister of Transport already indicated that he would like to [...]
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RTMC Media Release: The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) maintain and would like to affirm to all net surfers that the official and legitimate the AARTO (Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences) information can be obtained from www.aartoSA.co.za. The same information can also attained from the RTMC website (www.rtmc.co.za) via the web link. As a [...]
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The Arrive Alive website received this interesting question pertaining to the demerit system: Question: “Can you please let me know how the point system will work regarding truck overloading?” This was referred to the Experts at the RTMC and the following answer provided: Answer: “If the vehicle that has been charged for overloading belongs [...]
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A visitor to the Arrive Alive website raised the following question: “Will there be, or is there a Web Site, where a driver can view his Demerit Status?” This was referred to the RTMC and we are pleased to provide a response: “Please note that the demerit points system is currently being tested. It is [...]
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We would like to share important information on the implementation of AARTO from Road Safety Expert Alta Swanepoel: “Due to numerous enquiries, hoax emails and some irresponsible reporting by news papers concerning the implementation of AARTO, I wish to clarify the legal situation. If you are not interested in receiving information in this regard, I [...]
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The Arrive Alive website and Road Safety Blog received a request for clarification on the Demerit System and how points will be allocated where there is a “Proxy for a fleet of vehicles” This was referred to the RTMC and a response promptly recived. We would like to share this with our visitors/ readers: “I [...]
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The Arrive Alive website and the Road Safety blog received several emails from online visitors wishing to find out more about the demerit system. There are several emails doing the rounds with different explanations about the demerit system, and we have decided to provide some clarity. Please herewith found the latest media release from the [...]
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A quick glance across Google Analytics reveals that a number of online visitors have searched for the keywords “demerit system” and found their way to this Blog. It was announced earlier this week that the Demerit System will be implemented nationwide from next year. This might be the reason for the increase in online searches for this [...]
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