De-merit system.
The latest email doing the rounds:
Dear All,
FYI!
Please note that the De-Merit system is in place as from twelve o' clock last night. Feb 2010. Points are put on scale under your ID No. on the system for any traffic violations and thus you can unknowingly lose your license.
This morning, numerous people from Unisa as well as from Onderstepoort animal research station (Cruvet) were pulled over and received serious fines. There is no longer a 10km/h grace for exceeding the speed limit. They fine as from km one.
Starting today, they are going full-out.
Please share this information with all drivers you know!!
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20090707233508670C902213
Sorry, only starting in November this year.
There is no longer a 10km/h grace for exceeding the speed limit. They fine as from km one.
Most speedos are over-calibrated slighty to make it seem that you're actually going faster than than your actual speed. The current "grace"speed is 7 km/h over the limit, if they catch you doing 8kmh over the limit, they hit you from kmh1. Anything under that, they let it slide.
surely they still take calibrated errors into consideration?
As a fleet manager I have been going for the various AARTO courses and that is a fact, up to 15 kph over the limit and you will just get a fine, no demerit points. It changes quite rapidly after that and at 30kph over the limit in urban areas and 40 kph over the limit on a freeway, you will get a large fine and 6 demerit points, exactly half of what you need to have your licence suspended. You then get points off at 1 point per 3 month period without a violation. It's going to be heavy for folks who break the law and are caught. They will still allow for calabrate errors, I am just not sure how much it is though.
Implementation is also still a question mark as many organizations are stalling it (the AA for one) saying it is no where near ready to be implemented, so it's a case or wait and see.
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