Numerous road users have complained about incorrect e-toll bills, with some motorists who have never travelled on Gauteng\u2019s roads receiving large invoices from Sanral. Fake and cloned number plates are blamed for some of these incorrect bills.<\/p>\n
Zurika Louw, CEO of the South African number plate association (Sana), said in an interview with eNCA that cloning a number plate is very easy.<\/p>\n
According to Louw anyone can purchase the materials needed to clone a plastic number plate at a hardware store or a sign shop. \u201cIf you have a computer and a printer, you can make a number plate,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Louw said that cloning an aluminium number plate is far more difficult and needs special equipment.<\/p>\n
However, a lack of regulation in South Africa on number plates make it easy for criminals and illegal number plate outlets to create cloned plates.<\/p>\n
According to a survey in Gauteng, said Louw, it was found that around 40% of number plates were illegal or non-compliant.<\/p>\n
She predicted that the new Gauteng e-tolling system will cause far more fake or cloned number plates to emerge.<\/p>\n
Louw said that they will be working with law enforcement agencies to try to combat the scourge of fake number plates.<\/p>\n
No debt relief for e-tolls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n E-tolls deemed grossly inefficient and unworkable<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n