New demerit system-New driving points system hits the road

[Alan]

Yip it has been launched in JHB and PTA so far and the rest of the country is set to join in 2010, read an article earlier, will see if i can find it........hang on.

[Alan]

Here it is.

[Rob Grave]

Places like Australia have had this type of Demerit system for 20-30 years. Now there are so many ridiculously overcautious laws in Australia, you may as well put a helmet & safety goggles on to operate a teaspoon

That said, the payoff is that Australia has only a fraction of road and workplace fatalities compared to SA.

Being a led foot myself, I'm personally not too happy about it, but what can you do. Get myself an X-Box I guess.

[Rob Grave]

Warning for Capetonians!

I just got nabbed yesterday by the ruthless new Ghost Traffic Squad.

My crime? Overtaking and cutting in front of a geriatric doing 20km's under the speed limit. My outside wheel going over the non-overtaking lane for a few metres.

The Fine? R1500!

They are revenue hunting in Plain White Golf GTI's at a busy junction near you.

I was going to ask the dooshbag wear he got his expensive Designer Watch or pull out my AK-47 and eliminate him (joke). But decided I will have my day in court instead.

These new brutes could be a real PITA when Demerit Points come into play.

[garthu]

Now on the news the other night i thought i heard that it been shelved to 2011?? Maybe i misheard but i don't think so.

Someone made a comment on the only vehicles left will be taxis etc on the road. I tend to agree with that. Yup is negative but now there is more fuel for the corrupt to abuse. Now you pay a bribe or else??? Bribes will get bigger...

Just an opinion but a system that believe will be abused once again. Pity cause i would agree with the principle fully - we need it.

[Zeezax]

Demirit and then what?

SO, our govenment is so concentrating on two items:
1.the demirit system for cars and owners and we all get the feeling that in a year or two only taxis and busses wil be left on our roads
2. TV licenses and cigarettes.

Where is our country's focus? On petti issues and the inforcing of them to death's extent and in that process they forget the real crime of murder, rape, assult, and so on...

Did you know:
You can make bail for R500 if you murdered someone
You go to jail for not paying tv license
you can drink yourself in a coma create a chaos and nothing been done
that drunk drivers kill more people than those without car or tv licenses
you can rape someone but not smoke

That the groups of jobless people, homeless people and poverty are increasing daily and still the government worry about the rusted bucket of bolts taking people to work, earning them a salary to survive.

the list is endless
Just think about it....

[d3wdr0p]

there has been a lot of comments, threads, etc on other forums as well. i think you will be entertained by the following website :

https://www.greedfines.co.za

alas, a personal view, it does indeed seem that it is all pulling towards giving the roads to the taxi drivers... a comment was made in general discussion at my place of employment, that at the moment the taxi's are being left alone because they don't pay their fines and there isn't enough resources to find the perpetrators. wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all do that; just not pay the fines and then be left alone...

[Dave A]

Aarto let their domain registration lapse?
Amazing!