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What are the biggest pitfalls for Aarto?

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Justice Project South Africa provided a summary of what they believe are the biggest threats to Aarto – those aspects that would decide whether Aarto succeeds or fails….

We would like to share this summary and also refer vehicle owners to a much more comprehensive discussion on Aarto, the concerns raised and what we need to know about Aarto:

Aarto concerns raised by Justice Project South Africa

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Vehicle checks reveal alarming number of non roadworthy vehicles

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Vehicle checks across South Africa have revealed that there are alarming numbers of vehicles on our roads that do not meet the requirements of roadworthiness!

Information revealed on the 22nd of December:

Almost four million vehicles and drivers have been stopped and checked, and more than 1.5 million fines issued for various traffic offences across South Africa since 1 October 2010.

More than 20 000 un-roadworthy vehicles, including several buses and mini-bus taxis, were discontinued from use.

The million-a-month vehicle target as of October 2010, announced by Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele as part of South Africa’s “Make Roads Safe” campaign and new National Rolling Enforcement Plan (NREP), has been significantly exceeded every month.

Ndebele said: “During this holiday period, road users will encounter visible and proactive traffic law enforcement on major national routes as well as various urban and rural locations.

“Dedicated enforcement operations targeting public transport vehicles such as buses and mini-bus taxis have also been intensified. These include special blitzes at depots and ranks to ensure vehicle and driver fitness even before buses and taxis depart for their destinations.

“We want to repeat that absolutely no mercy will be shown to traffic offenders as we head towards 2011. South Africa’s ‘Make Roads Safe’ campaign is leading up to the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety from 2011 to 2020, with the key aim of drastically reducing road deaths around the world.”

From 1 to 20 December 2010, close to one million vehicles and drivers were stopped and checked and thousands of fines issued for various traffic offences.

More than 1500 drunk drivers were arrested. Other arrests related to stolen vehicles, unlicensed firearms, possession of dagga, overloaded taxis and buses, taxis and buses without the necessary permits as well as excessive speed.

During November 2010, 1 493 574 vehicles and drivers were stopped and checked, 684 739 fines issued and 10 282 vehicles discontinued from use. The highest number of vehicles and drivers (220 226) were stopped in KwaZulu-Natal.

During October 2010, 1 385 521 vehicles and drivers were stopped and checked, 408 650 fines issued and 4481 vehicles discontinued from use. The highest number of vehicles and drivers (276 579) were stopped in Gauteng. There were 2256 drunk driving arrests, of which 930 were in the Western Cape.

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What is the best excuse for speeding?

Written on October 4th, 2010 by jonckie@arrivealive.co.za
Categories: Car Insurance Humour

Traffic EnforcementA senior citizen drove his brand new BMW Z4 convertible out of the car salesroom. Taking off down the motorway, he floored it to 160kmh, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left.

“Amazing!” he thought as he flew down the N1, enjoying pushing the pedal to the metal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a police car behind him, blue lights flashing and siren blaring.

“I can get away from him – no problem!” thought the elderly nutcase as he floored it to 180kmh,then 220 then 240kmh. Suddenly, he thought, “What on earth am I doing? I’m too old for this nonsense!” So he pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the police car to catch up with him.

Pulling in behind him, the police officer walked up the driver’s side of the BMW, looked at his watch and said,

“Sir, my shift ends in 10 minutes. Today is Friday and I’m taking off for the weekend. If you can give me a reason why you were speeding that I’ve never heard before, I’ll let you go.”

The old man, looked very seriously at the policeman, and replied, “Years ago, my wife ran off with a policeman. I thought you were bringing her back.”

“Have a good day, Sir”, said the policeman.

It would be irresponsible not to to warn our vehicle owners of the dangers of speeding and driving. We would like to urge drivers to view the following sections:

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Funniest comments made by Police Officers / Traffic Officials

Written on August 9th, 2010 by jonckie@arrivealive.co.za
Categories: Car Insurance Humour

Metro police 2 HI-RESThese are actual comments made by 16 Police Officers. The comments were taken off actual police car videos around the USA:

1. “You know, stop lights don’t come any redder than the one you just went through.”

2. “Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they’re new. They’ll stretch after you wear them a while.”

3. “If you take your hands off the car, I’ll make your birth certificate a worthless document.”

4. “If you run, you’ll only go to jail tired.”

5. “Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that’s the speed of the bullet that’ll be chasing you.”

6. “You don’t know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?”

7. “Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don’t think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I’m the shift supervisor?”

8. “Warning! You want a warning? O.K, I’m warning you not to do that again or I’ll give you another ticket.”

9. “The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?”

10. “Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop.”

11. “Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven.”

12. “In God we trust; all others we run through NCIC.” (National Crime Information Center)

13. “Just how big were those ‘two beers’ you say you had?”

14. “No sir, we don’t have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we’re allowed to write as many tickets as we can.”

15. “I’m glad to hear that the Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail.”

AND THE WINNER IS….

16. “You didn’t think we give pretty women tickets? You’re right, we don’t.. Sign here.”

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