The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) says road safety in South Africa needs urgent help but the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Bill (Aarto) is not the answer.
The organisation believes that the proposed changes to the Aarto Bill are impractical, irrational and legally flawed. According to Rudie Heyneke, Outa Portfolio Manager for Transport, the organisation will legally challenge the bill if it is passed in its present form. “Outa firmly believes that motorists’ behaviour must be addressed to reduce fatal road accidents. However, our analysis of the amended Bill indicates that it is less about road safety and more about generating revenue through a complicated and administratively unworkable system,” Heyneke says.What else to read
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