An operation, with the help of the Application Vehicle Recognition (AVR) system, was held last week and 18 warrants of arrest were executed for traffic violations.
This system, which has a record of all outstanding fines and warrants of arrest, could track outstanding fines and warrants on the vehicle registration number and the driver's licence on site.
George Traffic Chief Mark Green said these interventions are aimed to ensure compliance with the law and to minimise the burden on the court with regards to traffic violations and to finalise outstanding warrants of arrest.
"There is currently a culture among motorists in George and the surrounding areas where motorists disregard the administrative process in terms of traffic violations. When a motorist receives a written notice for a traffic violation the obligation is then on the driver of the vehicle to finalise the process by submitting a written representation of mitigation, pay the traffic fine or appear in court. Currently these processes are being disregarded by many road users," Green said.
He said non-compliance in terms of the administrative processes relating to traffic violations snowballs into the issuing of warrants of arrests by the magistrate, which is contempt of court. "This simply cannot be condoned."
Traffic officers Alton Septoe and Trifosa Manewil check a motorist's identification.
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