Sounds like the fuzz who pulled a friend in his sweet high-powered vehicle over. They told him they were bored and wanted to check out his ride. This done, they then asked him to pull off “real fast” so they could appreciate the noise. Africa hey…
My dad, years ago, also received a speeding fine for an agricultural trailer doing 132 on the M1. Can’t remember what he did, in those days one could not just ignore a fine. Apart from fines received in my home town and AARTO fines, that is exactly what I do now.
City Press quotes Bhengu as saying that they are looking at a special process “where you verify that you are the owner of that car and no other car has that registration”.
I think they mean a live online system that validates owner ID and vehicle details against registration number. Thus, the number plate maker can check if the number plate requested is legitimate.
The article states that plates are easily faked by anyone with a printer. If this is true, then controls at the point of formal numberplate outlets are practically useless.
Now don’t go clouding the issue with common sense and logic. Our grubbermint doesn’t like that. Besides, when has it ever stopped them committing monumentally wasteful stupidities?
Madame Zumbua sees all… Madame Zumbua sees… hmm, it’s a bit murky… wait, it’s becoming clearer… ah, yes, there it is. Madame Zumbua sees gantries over your future!
The DA’s application to have the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill declared unconstitutional was dismissed but High Court Judge Owen Rogers “believed the case had raised ‘genuine and substantive constitutional issues’.” The DA now has 14 days to lodge an appeal.
The main reason for the dismissal appears to be that provincial legislatures are not empowered to enact laws and amendments that have a scope as wide as that of the Bill in question. As a point of law, that’s probably true, and the application may well have succeeded if the provincial legislatures were adequately empowered.
Since the DA intends appealing the judgement, it will be very interesting to see what basis they will argue. They’ll either need to show that Rogers erred (unlikely) or that those “genuine and substantive constitutional issues” weren’t sufficiently explored at trial, leading to an erroneous judgement.
I had a long trip last week and was going through Joburg at about 12:30 at night, so I did the numberplate blackout thing. Two other cars and a truck were doing the same thing. >:D