{"id":233639,"date":"2021-07-16T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T10:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=233639"},"modified":"2021-07-16T11:10:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T10:10:11","slug":"how-to-check-traffic-fines-online-and-where-to-pay-if-you-have-aarto-infringement-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/how-to-check-traffic-fines-online-and-where-to-pay-if-you-have-aarto-infringement-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check Traffic Fines Online and Where to Pay If You Have AARTO Infringement Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"
The South African road safety annual reports over the years reveal that road accidents have consistently been on a rise in the country, especially from 1990 to the 2000s. In 2006, the country reached its peak in the number of accidents with 15,000 cases. With the increasing numbers, the South African government has tried to set up agencies and policies to reduce road accidents to the barest minimum. However, despite all the efforts of the South African government, the number of deaths caused by road accidents continued to increase notably from 2006 to 2013 after an initial decrease. In fact, the number of road accident deaths increased by 52% from 2000 to 2018.<\/p>\n
Obviously, these statistics don’t look good, and the government is not taking them lightly. Therefore, before any driver in the country is issued a driver’s license, he or she is made to be fully aware of all the safe driving and road safety regulations to abide by in order to keep his life, that of his passengers, and other road users safe. Whenever drivers violate any of these rules, they are made to pay a fine as stipulated by the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (AARTO) and other road governing bodies.<\/p>\n
You can easily check if you have traffic fines to pay online through Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA), an online platform that has been designed by the AARTO Act to accept traffic fine payments. On the platform, you can check if you have a fine, dispute your traffic fine, and gain information regarding traffic rules and regulations.<\/p>\n