AARTO on a collision course with OUTA

South Africa’s road deaths, which average 14 000 every year and are among the highest in the world, have been described as a national crisis. Besides the staggering human death toll, the economic cost of fatal accidents is estimated at R200bn. This is why the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (AARTO) was written – to change the ways of bad drivers. It’s been partially trialled in Johannesburg and Tshwane for over a decade. Critics say it’s more about making money than road safety, but AARTO is meant to improve road safety and adjudicate infringements under an administrative system to alleviate pressure on an overburdened court system. Still, the department is determined to go ahead with the implementation of AARTO On the 1st of July in two days’ time. So what is going to happen come July 1st and how will this affect businesses and fleets? Michael Avery spoke to Wayne Duvenage, CEO of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse; and Automobile Association spokesperson, Layton Beard