Sometimes you find traffic fines in the post knowing that you were not the driver. It is often the kind gesture of allowing a friend to drive your vehicle that ends up in the not so kind receipt of a fine…
Not everyone is aware that there are procedures to follow in redirecting this fine to the actual driver. The Technical Committee for Standards and Procedures for Traffic Control and Traffic Control Equipment [TCSP] has made available information on the Arrive Alive Road Safety website.
Part of this reads as follows:
7.1 In the case where the owner of a motor vehicle is charged on a section 341 notice, in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, for an offence where the driver is not known, and the presumption in section 73 of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 is used to charge the owner for the offence, and such owner wishes to redirect the notice to the actual offender, the following procedure must be followed:
7.1.1 The owner referred to in paragraph 7.1 must make an affidavit or affirmation containing the:
Full names;
ID/Passport Number;
Physical residential address;
Postal address;
Affirmation or affidavit containing ID number and driving licence number of driver or a copy of the rental agreement if it serves the purpose of an affirmation,
and submit it to the issuing authority that issued the notice.
7.1.2 The owner must request the redirection within 30 days after the first section 341 notice was received and must notify the driver that the notice will be redirected to him.
Visit the Arrive Alive Road Safety Website for more information on the redirecting of fines and the duties placed on the issuing of traffic authorities.