The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has hit back hard at claims that the Administration Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) system is failing. It had been reported that between the 2012 and 2013 financial years, 89% of the required payments had been unpaid by road users – amounting to a total of nearly R2-billion. It is widely regarding that the50% discount which is applicable to payments made within 32 days is ignored and that motorists with offences simply prefer not to pay at all.
The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) Aarto is more about increasing road safety and changing the behaviour of motorists and the culture of non-compliance to road traffic laws than anything else rather than a revenue stream.