Chikunga: Aarto to be implemented 'with speed'
Transport Minister Sindiswa Chikunga has described the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act as a vital cog in the government's efforts to make the roads safer.
Her remarks come after the Constitutional Court ruled the Aarto Act as constitutional on Wednesday.
The act was challenged by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse.
The apex court's overturned a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria, which had found Aarto to be unconstitutional and invalid and that it should be scrapped in its entirety.
The act will set up a single national road traffic regulation system to hold motorists accountable for traffic violations.
“The Aarto Act is an important cog in our road traffic law enforcement interventions aimed at arresting the carnage on our roads and alter driver behaviour. This will reinforce other interventions such as classifying traffic policing as a 24-hour, 7-day job alongside the regulation of driving schools and introduction of an NQF level 6 training for traffic law enforcement officers," said Chikunga.
“The implementation of this law across the country has been pending for 25 years, with pilots in place in the cities of Johannesburg and Tshwane. With this judgment having cleared the path for the implementation of Aarto we will move with speed to roll out its implementation across the country without delay."
Outa has expressed disappointment at the ruling, saying it doesn't believe the act will serve its purpose.
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