What drivers in South Africa need to know about the looming Aarto Act
What drivers in South Africa need to know about the looming Aarto Act Subscribe The long-awaited driver demerit system is likely to come into effect this year. The Administration Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (Aarto) has been in the works for a while – since a trial in 2008, in fact – but it’s now firmly back on the agenda, with commencement planned for July. Seen as a silver bullet to curb the country’s road fatality rate – South Africa ranks 13th out of 195 countries for its number of road deaths per capita – Aarto has big implications for drivers and their insurance...