A worrying new trend has started in many parts of South Africa and has proliferated about as silently as the approach of winter: Security Estates have started buying speed measuring devices (speed cameras) of varying kinds and have started enforcing speed limits and “issuing fines” inside estates. This is normally followed with a “rule” that the “offender” must pay a pre-set amount and can only direct a written representation for reconsideration AFTER paying the “fine.”
But how legal is this? Should you pay? What happens if you don’t? What can you do?
When they’re challenged - as has actually happened - they’re quick to remind you that “you agreed to the rules when you bought.” So, should you buy and simply agree to any or all rules or should you challenge those that are or might be against the law before you buy?
Resident Road Traffic Collision Homicide Reconstruction Specialist, Stan Bezuidenhout attempts...
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