DEAR Editor,-
My wife was stopped on the N2 heading south at a roadblock on November 7 at Mpenjati just before Palm Beach. Using her car’s number plate, traffic officers traced three outstanding fines dated 24 May 2013, 21 November 2013 and 12 June 2017, totalling R400. They insisted she pay these fines immediately, which she did.
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I raise the question – how can they do this when:-
1. My wife never received these fines in the post;
2. There is no postal system on the South Coast;
3. She never signed for any fines or summonses;
4. The fines are stale: two are dated for 2013;
5. The cameras in question have since been withdrawn from service, (SCH September 8) due to failing to comply with some of the provisions of guidelines for traffic control and traffic control equipment; and
6. It has been proven that these cameras were not accurate.
It is very concerning that these officers are so forceful, have no consideration for the motorist and even go to the lengths of handcuffing drivers and transporting them in the back of a police van to a police station to pay the fine!
And if the motorist does not have the funds available, they are held until the fine is paid in full. In the meantime, the motorist’s vehicle is left parked on the side of the road indefinitely.
This is disgusting behaviour and I’m sure it’s not legal practice
COLIN WARDELL
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