Traffic fines
Each month Joburg's faulty speed cameras cost the city R3 million in revenue
The JMPD said this is roughly the figure the city would make from traffic fines.
This means drivers who have exceeded the speed limit have not been captured on camera or fined for infringing traffic laws since May last year.
That was during a collaborative New Year's Eve operation involving various law enforcement agencies for Friday night.
Offences ranged from reckless drivers, unroadworthy vehicles and speeding.
The Road Traffic Management Corporation has said traffic officers were being deployed on all major routes around the country and that motorists found with outstanding traffic fines would not be allowed to proceed.
The agency on Monday said there were people trying swindle money from motorists pretending to clear their fines on the spot.
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The agency said that this provision has been removed from the Aarto Act and the only way that law enforcement could get motorists to pay their outstanding fines was through issuing enforcement orders.
There are growing concerns as criminals continue to outsmart authorities and unsuspecting motorists by promising to clear traffic fines and this is blamed partly on rising enforcement orders.
Officers on Tuesday arrested two suspects along Jakes Gerwel Drive, one for driving under the influence of alcohol, while another was busted for outstanding warrants.
Officers caught the 34-year-old man during an operation geared towards tracking down drivers with outstanding warrants of arrest.
Motorists in Harare told the state-run 'Herald' on Wednesday that police at roadblocks didn't have books to issue the admission of guilt fines.
The man was arrested on Sunday during a joint operation in Sea Point.
Six people have been arrested for drunk driving in the province since the start of the weekend.
At the start of the weekend, one person lost her life when the driver of a motor vehicle lost control of his car on the R62 near Ladysmith.
The city is writing off traffic fines worth millions, because it can't track down offenders.
The officials were found guilty of illegally dumping traffic fees.
The highest speed recorded so far was 231 km per hour in a 120 km zone in Brackenfell.
The demerit system forms part of amendments to the country’s traffic offences law which is currently being trialed in Johannesburg and Tshwane.