{"id":103047,"date":"2015-11-04T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=103047"},"modified":"2015-11-04T13:45:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T11:45:41","slug":"e-toll-cameras-are-illegal-heres-the-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/103047\/e-toll-cameras-are-illegal-heres-the-proof\/","title":{"rendered":"E-toll cameras are illegal – here’s the proof"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FF Plus recently stated that all e-toll bills issued to date are illegal, as\u00a0none of Sanral\u2019s e-toll gantry equipment has been\u00a0legally certified<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to the party, it received confirmation from the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) that Sanral had not received the necessary certifications for the equipment.<\/p>\n

Sanral spokesperson Vusi Mona disputed media reports<\/a><\/strong> about this, but did not specify which elements of the articles were false.<\/p>\n

The agency was asked to confirm that it has the necessary certifications for its cameras, but it did not respond by the time of publication.<\/p>\n

When the FF Plus was asked for its reaction to Sanral\u2019s denial, Gauteng leader Anton Alberts provided the letter the NRCS sent the party.<\/p>\n

NRCS process for e-toll cameras explained<\/h3>\n
\"NRCS<\/a>

NRCS letter page 1<\/p><\/div>\n

\"NRCS<\/a>

NRCS letter page 2<\/p><\/div>\n

In the letter, the NRCS explains that there are no regulations in place for the kind of equipment Sanral is using.<\/p>\n

Sanral requested exemption from needing their cameras certified, but this was denied \u2013 as the matter can be dealt with in terms of the Legal Metrology Act.<\/p>\n

This means that the CEO of the NRCS will set the certification requirements for Sanral\u2019s cameras until a legal metrology technical regulation is established.<\/p>\n

Once the NRCS and Sanral have agreed upon requirements, a request will be lodged with the SABS to develop a South African National Standard (SANS).<\/p>\n

After the SANS specification is developed, the Minister of Trade and Industry will declare it a legal metrology technical regulation.<\/p>\n

Can there be legal bills with illegal cameras?<\/h3>\n

The implication of the NRCS\u2019s stance is that Sanral\u2019s cameras are not yet certified, and supports the FF Plus\u2019s statement that e-toll bills issued to date are illegal.<\/p>\n

Like speeding cameras, if the measuring equipment is not properly calibrated and certified, the e-toll bills Sanral issues are illegal, the FF Plus said.<\/p>\n

The party has subsequently\u00a0submitted a complaint to the National Consumer Commission about the tolling system.<\/p>\n

The Commission said it will process the complaint within 60 days, first assessing if it falls within the\u00a0terms of the Consumer Protection Act.<\/p>\n

More on e-tolls<\/h3>\n

Outa promises legal support for e-toll non-payers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sanral in new push to \u2018criminalise\u2019 those not paying e-tolls<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

E-tolls collapsed a long time ago: Outa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

E-tolls on the verge of collapsing: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications has made it clear that the cameras used for e-tolling are illegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":70473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[427,26,10739],"class_list":["post-103047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-e-toll","tag-headline","tag-nrcs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103047"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103057,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103047\/revisions\/103057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}