The chief executive officer (CEO) at South African firm Electronic Toll Collection Jamie Surkont has said “on road enforcement” of Gauteng’s e-tolls will focus on cars with no licence plates and unidentified vehicles using the e-tolling network.
The Electronic Toll Collection runs the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) e-toll operations.
HumanIPO reported earlier this week Gauteng motorists with outstanding e-tolls would soon face “on road enforcement” when provincial traffic police are mandated with enforcing payment of outstanding e-toll payments.
However, Surkont said the “on road” presence, which has been in operation since December 2013, is under the custodianship of the Gauteng Department of Community Safety (GDCS).
He said the GDCS is mandated with identifying vehicles on the roads not registered in the network in the name of public safety.
“Vehicles that have utilised the GFIP network and remain unidentified will form part of these on road enforcement activities, in an effort to identify these motorists,” Surkont said.
Wayne Duvenage, Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) chairperson has said the on road enforcement is “very strange” and is part of SANRAL’s “spook tactics”.
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