Don’t Dodge Your Traffic Fines

Operation Reclaim, a dedicated enforcement initiative designed to track down motorists with outstanding warrants is still going strong. If you’ve been dodging your traffic fines it’s time to think twice. Operation Reclaim, along with random road blocks has five vehicles fitted with cameras that scan number plates and identify vehicles with outstanding warrants of arrest.

The City of Cape Town advises scofflaws to do the right thing and deal with fines timeously, or abide by the law and avoid being fined in the first place.

“There are checks and balances in place that allow motorists to challenge fines issued or have these reduced. But to simply do nothing about it in the hope that it will go away is ill-advised, given our growing success in tracking down warrant evaders.
I also remind the public that the Admin Mark introduced several years ago means that a motorist with outstanding warrants is unable to transact on the eNatis system which means they cannot renew their driver’s licence or vehicle licence, among others.“ – Alderman JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security; and Social Services.