SPEEDSTERS have had a whole year of breaking the law on Joburg roads and they will not pay for it.
Thanks to the municipality for not sorting out the speed cameras contract.
The Joburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) has not had any working speed cameras, both manual and automated, since May last year.
This means JMPD could not prosecute drivers who drive above the speed limits and was also unable to collect revenue during this period.
Before the speed contract ended, the city used to make about R3 million a month from speed fines.
JMPD spokesman Xolani Fihla said: “This is due to not having a service provider to assist with speed equipments and processing of fines because of the contractual obligations.”
He said the contract with the previous service provider ended in May last year. He said a tender was put out and at the evaluation stage.
“Hopefully the cameras will be working at the end of July in order to continue with speed enforcement,” he said.
Fihla said cops who had been in the camera department have been deployed to do visible patrol and monitoring for other road violations.
Civil action group The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has warned law enforcement agencies that a fine notice cannot be issued to a law breaker if more than 40 days have passed since the infringement.
