{"id":345082,"date":"2019-10-08T08:36:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T06:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=345082"},"modified":"2019-10-08T10:01:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T08:01:53","slug":"south-africas-new-demerit-system-will-be-in-full-effect-by-june-2020-here-what-will-get-your-licence-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/345082\/south-africas-new-demerit-system-will-be-in-full-effect-by-june-2020-here-what-will-get-your-licence-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa\u2019s new demerit system will be in full effect by June 2020 – here’s what will get your licence suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s new Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act will be in full effect from June next year (2020), says Transport minister Fikile Mbalula.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch of Transport Month in Gauteng on Saturday (5 October), Mbalula said that the new system will greatly improve safety on the country\u2019s roads and help reduce fatalities.<\/p>\n

Signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in August, the act will introduce a new demerit system meaning all traffic fines across the country will now carry the same penal values.<\/p>\n

However, not all infringements will carry demerit-points with roughly half of the infringements contemplated in schedule 3 of the Aarto regulations carrying no demerit points at all, according to Justice Project South Africa\u2019s Howard Dembovsky.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou may incur no more than 12 demerit points without your licence being suspended,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the 13th point, and for every point thereafter, your licence, operator card or permit issued in terms of road transport legislation will be suspended for three months for each point over 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, if you incur 15 demerit points, the suspension period will be nine months.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the points and fines may change as the system prepares for a national roll-out, the tables below give an overview of how the points may be allocated as currently set out by the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA):<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Infringement<\/th>\nFine amount<\/th>\nDemerit points<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Licences and\u00a0<\/strong>miscellaneous<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driving an unregistered vehicle<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driving an unlicensed vehicle<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driving a vehicle with licence plate not visible<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driving without a driving licence<\/td>\nR1 250<\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driving without a seat belt<\/td>\nR250<\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driving under influence of intoxicating substance<\/td>\nDetermined by court<\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driving while holding and using a cellphone<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Failing to stop<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skipping a stop sign (light vehicles)<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skipping a stop sign (buses, trucks)<\/td>\nR750<\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skipping a red light (light vehicles)<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skipping a red light (buses, trucks)<\/td>\nR750<\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Failing to yield to a pedestrian<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Overtaking and overloading<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overtaking across a barrier line (light vehicles)<\/td>\nR500<\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overtaking across a barrier line (buses, trucks)<\/td>\nR750<\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overloading a vehicle with max 56,000kg combination mass by 12-13.99%<\/td>\nR1 500<\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Speeding<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81-85km\/h in a 60km\/h zone<\/td>\nR750<\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100km\/h+ in a 60km\/h zone<\/td>\nDetermined by court<\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106-110km\/h in an 80km\/h zone<\/td>\nR1 000<\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
120km\/h+ in an 80km\/h zone<\/td>\nDetermined by court<\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121-125km\/h in a 100km\/h zone<\/td>\nR750<\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
131-135km\/h in a 100km\/h zone<\/td>\nR1 250<\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140km\/h+ in a 100km\/h zone<\/td>\nDetermined by court<\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
131-135km\/h in a 120km\/h zone<\/td>\nR250<\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
141-145km\/h in a 120km\/h zone<\/td>\nR750<\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
151-155km\/h in a 120km\/h zone<\/td>\nR1 250<\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
160km\/h+ in a 120km\/h zone<\/td>\nDetermined by court<\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read: South Africa\u2019s new demerit system spells big trouble for anyone who drives for a living<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s new Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act will be in full effect from June next year (2020), says Transport minister Fikile Mbalula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":264967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,5279],"class_list":["post-345082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline","tag-jpsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345082","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345082"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345124,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345082\/revisions\/345124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}