Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Article from greedfines.co.za
Unfortunatley, the JMPD has decided that it is a-okay to issue fraudulent fines to motorists. If you have received an AARTO infringement or notification, issued for speeding on the N1 South near Diepkloof interchange (Construction Zone) and the Armco barrier appears on the left of the picture, between the camera and your car, it is fraudulent because you were in fact on the N12E.
They will look like these:
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Read an intersting article today stating that Dubai had issued more than 107 000 traffic fines last month (May 2009). Now you and I because we live in the land of corrupt Metro Police who use the Traffic Cameras as if they were rigged Casino Machines would think that these were issued for speeding fines, after all Mr Wayne Minnaar’s primary job is to remind us how these speeding fines are supposedly making our roads safer hence the reason that 95% of fines issued are for speeding.
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According to the release, more than 3,660 fines were issued for stopping in undesignated areas while 2,994 fines were given for motorists of heavy trucks for not adhering to lane discipline. More than 2,700 fines were issued for parking on pavements and around 2,600 fines for stopping on the side of the road.”
Well guess what, the least amount of the 107 000 fines were issued for speeding! More than 25,000 of the fines were for not adhering to lane discipline while more than 11,000 fines were given for blocking the flow of traffic. The third in the list is not wearing seat belts with more than 4,100 fines issued.Come on Wayne, get off your #$s and start issuing fines like they did, maybe then we will believe that you are actually making the roads safer!
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
I discovered a new site devoted to information about Traffic Fines today. It is quite informative , check it out here: Traffic Fines Information Site
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
A motorist successfully defended himself against a traffic fine and got it reduced from R1000 to R110 by using the information in Joe Lazarus’s Traffic Fines Toolkit, I wont say much more because you can read what he had to say himself:
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Afternoon Joe,
I had a court case in Wolmarransstad last week Wednesday, 27 May ‘09 for a speeding fine R1000.00, committed in June last year.I practiced the valuable information from the 4 short courses you presented via e-mail.I can today gladly praise you for this toolkit, although I have not bought it yet, had the fine of R1000.00 reduced to a record R110.00 as the prosecutor couldn’t give me what I was demanding - unbelievable!!!!!!!The case would’ve been postponed as per the prosecutor, and to convenience myself I agreed with him to pay the amount.
I have won without purchasing the Toolkit, but will get mine very soon - this is a promise, and for those who thought it is not working -ask me, because I have just practiced it, and saved me a lot of money especially for the country being in recession!!!!!
All I can say is thanks,and thanks, and thanks and a million thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ps! If the attached is going to be used to please erase my ID Nr.
Regards,
David “
and here is the proof that David so kindly provided to Joe (after Joe blacked out his ID number of course!)
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
In the mayor of Joburg, Amos Masondo’s budget speech yesterday he announced a 4% increase in traffic fine revenue taking it from a whopping R841.7 million to a shocking R852.4 million rands.
So that pretty much confirms that Joburg is making around R70 million rands a month in Traffic Fine revenue. The interesting thing is that fine values cannot be increased, instead the city is going to get their 4% increase by setting up more “traps”, watch out, they are going to be everywhere!
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Traffic fines can now be contested online, in joburg that is. The AARTO which is the new authority for Joburg Traffic Fines has put up a system where you can make representations in respect of a fine online. All you need to do is go to the AARTO website, fill the electronic form, print and post, here is the website address: www.aarto.co.za and here is a short video showing you where you can find the form:
Click this link to see the video
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Joburg motorists probably live in fear of being stopped at a roadblock as you never know what to expect and the advice out there is at best a bit sketchy.
So what ARE your rights, what should you do, and more importantly what shouldn’t you do. Well first off let me say that there was a hoax email doing the rounds recently saying that you should resist arrest. The email purported to be from the law society who claim that it is not their email and that you should not resist arrest, rather pay the fine and lay a charge of wrongful arrest afterward.
Your specific rights at a roadblock are:
- You can ask for a copy of the warrant of arrest (this can be an electronic copy such as an sms or fax)
- You should be fully informed of the reasons for your arrest
- you should not be held to wait in a vehicle, but taken without delay
- None of your constitutional rights should be taken (i.e no abuse etc)
It is no doubt a difficult situation and often you can only bring these issues up after the fact, so we advise to not resist arrest, pay the fine, take note of all the occurences and lay a charge afterward if there is a case for wrongful arrest. Consult with a good lawyer on this as well.
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