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(e) Elections to be Tried in Court In terms of sections 17(1)(f)(iv) or 18(7) of the principal Act, an infringer may elect to be tried in court on the charge of having committed the infringement(s) as stated on the Infringement Notice. These elections are submitted to the Issuing Authority who issued the Infringement Notice on form AARTO 10 and are captured on the NCR. Failure to appear in court on the date stipulated in the summons served on the infringer and which follows on these elections will result in the serving of an Enforcement Order by the RTIA. The table below shows the number of elections to be tried in court:

The table below shows change in number of driver nominations.

Number of Driver Nominations

Month

2022-2023

2023-2024

Change

% Change

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Total

802 766 466 708 628 483 319 226 273 826

1 072 2 248 1 455 4 956 2 392 3 951 5 282 4 027 2 354 4 113

270 1 482 989 4 248 1 764 3 468 4 963 3 801 2 081 3 287 3 528 1 746 31 627

33,67% 193,47% 212,23% 600,00% 280,89% 718,01% 1555,80% 1681,86% 762,27% 397,94% 193,85% 94,17% 344,86%

Number of Elections to be Tried in Court

Month

JMPD

TMPD

GDoCS

RTMC

Total

1 820 1 854 9 171

5 348 3 600 40 798

Apr 2023 May 2023 Jun 2023 Jul 2023 Aug 2023 Sep 2023 Oct 2023 Nov 2023 Dec 2023 Jan 2024 Feb 2024 Mar 2024 Year Total

5 709 5 690 6 632 7 011 9 544 7 360 6 424 8 608 6 225 5 790 7 419 8 521 84 933

1 446 2 513 2 809 2 559 3 060 2 225 1 718 2 284 1 750 1 824 2 173 2 375 26 736

596 751 1043 747 991 699 574 600 631 564 560 635 8 391

198

7 949

208

9 162

395

10 879

The change in number of driver nominations have increased from 9 171 in 2022-2023 to 40 798 in 2023-2024 with a total change of 31 627, which is 344.86%. The information is also reflected on the graph below.

292

10 609

396

13 991

194

10 478

250

8 966

321

11 813

Number of Driver Nominations

286

8 892

308 250 343

8 486

6000

10 402

4000

11 874

2000

3 441

123 501

0

The table above shows that a total of 123 501 number of elections to be tried in court were recorded for all the issuing authorities. The highest number of elections were recorded based on the notices issued by the JMPD having a total of 84 933, followed by TMPD, GDoCS and RTMC with 26 736, 8 391 and 3 441 respectively.

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Road Traffic Infringement Agency • Annual Report 2023/24