The 25 strangest AARTO violations you can be fined for
Now that new AARTO violations are coming online after the controversial act was upheld in Constitutional Court last week (Wednesday 12 July), we scoured through the penalties to find strangest ones on the books. ALSO READ: Expired license? Here are all AARTO fines for license violations None fit into a conventional AARTO violation category and, truthfully, we didn’t […]
Now that new AARTO violations are coming online after the controversial act was upheld in Constitutional Court last week (Wednesday 12 July), we scoured through the penalties to find strangest ones on the books.
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None fit into a conventional AARTO violation category and, truthfully, we didn’t even know you could get fined for some of these. Likewise, we’d applaud an officer who even tried to enforce one of these, rather than give a warning. But they are the law and it’s best you know about them before you try argue your case.
STRANGEST AARTO VIOLATIONS ON THE BOOKS
There are currently 2 659 offences listed on the AARTO website, but the following don’t fall under the six major categories, making them the strangest of the lot.
| Violation | Fine | Points |
| No warning triangle in vehicle | R500 | 1 |
| Warning triangle not displayed correctly | R500 | 1 |
| Reversing too fast or dangerously | R1000 | 3 |
| Following another vehicle too closely | R1000 | 3 |
| Permitting a person to occupy a position in a vehicle restricting the driver’s full control | R1000 | 3 |
| Permitting a person to interfere with the steering or operating mechanism | R1000 | 3 |
| Leaving vehicle engine running while unattended and unbraked | R250 | 0 |
| Pulling away from kerb before it is safe to do so | R250 | 0 |
| Part of driver’s body (elbow) protruding from moving vehicle | R250 | 0 |
| Allowing person on roof or step while in motion | R250 | 0 |
| Engine emitting smoke | R250 | 0 |
| Spillage of oil, petrol or rubbish | R250 | 0 |
| Running engine while filling up | R250 | 0 |
| Jumping on to or off a moving vehicle, endangering others | R100 | 0 |
| Driving on the sidewalk | R500 | 1 |
| Excessive noise | R250 | 0 |
| Hooter used excessively/illegally | R250 | 0 |
| Failing to yield to pedestrian at crossing | R500 | 1 |
| Pedestrian moving into path of vehicle suddenly at crossing | R100 | 0 |
| Overtaking stationary vehicle at pedestrian crossing | R500 | 1 |
| Driving in convoy during weekend | R500 | 1 |
| Willful obstruction of traffic flow | R750 | 2 |
| Trading illegally on public road | R250 | 0 |
| Damaging public road | R1000 | 3 |
| Using chocks between wheel and road | R1000 | 3 |
Besides the strangest AARTO violations you’ve just read about, you can click on the following links below for all other fines and demerit point information:
MAJOR AARTO VIOLATIONS
SPEEDING FINES
RULES OF THE ROAD
LICENSE VIOLATIONS
ROADWORTHINESS
PARKING VIOLATIONS
RECKLESS AND NEGLIGENT DRIVING
As a reminder, under the new AARTO penalties, motorists may only receive 15 demerit points on their license before suspension. You can be suspended twice before your driving license is taken away permanently. Each suspension means having to retake a driver’s/learner’s qualification test.
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