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This presentation outlines the strategic plan of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency for the period 2015-2020. It covers the agency's mandate, mission, stakeholder universe, performance environment, strategic goals, objectives, budget, challenges, and proposed solutions.
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Road Traffic Infringement Agency Strategic Plan Presentation to Portfolio Committee 2015 - 2020 16 April 2015
Contents • Mandate • Mission • Stakeholder Universe • Performance Environment • Strategic Goals Over Strategic Period • Strategic Objectives • Budget • Challenges/Risks & Proposed Solutions • Conclusion
Mandate • Encourage compliance with road traffic laws • Encourage payment of penalties • Establish effective adjudication procedure • Alleviate burden on courts for trying offenders • Penalise guilty offenders through demerit points • Reward good behaviour through reduction of points • Establish Agency to support law enforcement • Strengthen cooperation between law enforcement & prosecuting authorities through governing board
Mission • The RTIA’s mission is to encourage compliance with road traffic laws in South Africa through: • targeted road user community education and communication programmes; • promotion of procedurally fair, lawful and reasonable administrative adjudication; • levying of penalties; • imposing demerit points; • effective administration and management of the suspension and cancellation of driving licences and operator cards; and • rewarding compliant road users.
Performance Environment South Africa's Great Challenge!!! Significant reduction of road carnage! Service delivery environment
Performance Environment • The rate & number of road traffic crashes and fatalities are directly proportional to the level of lawlessness & driver misbehaviour. Underlying Contributory Factors
Performance Environment • highly visible and efficient law enforcement operations on a continuous basis • However, world-wide best practice proves that for law enforcement to be effective, it must be supported by equally effective public awareness, communication and education programmes; as well as a highly efficient, transparent and expeditious adjudication process to bring traffic offenders to task. Solutions!
Performance Environment Ponder over this: 2013 WHO “Global Status Report on Road Safety” indicates South Africa’s quality of law enforcement rates amongst the worst in the world – 2.6 out of 10, compared withworld average of 6.0 and a high of 8.6 (France). Compare with: (Swaziland = 5.8; Zimbabwe = 5.0 and Namibia = 4.4). Solutions!
Strategic Goals Over Strategic Period • To create a culture of compliance to all road traffic laws • To change the behaviour of road users & turn them into road safety ambassadors • Establish a conscious commitment to road safety through annual observation of Road Safety Prayer Days • Establish an efficient and sustainable road traffic management environment • Establishment of rehabilitation programmes
Strategic Objectives 2015/16 Period • Enforce compliance by penalising the contravention of road traffic offences • Enforce the payment of penalties • Change the behaviour of road users • Administration and resourcing of the Agency • Increase access to AARTO information • Establish & strengthen strategic partnerships to enhance road safety • Finalise preparations for AARTO roll-out
Strategic Objective 1: Enforce compliance by penalising the contravention of road traffic offences
Strategic Objective 4: Administration and resourcing of the Agency
Strategic Objective 4: Administration and resourcing of the Agency
Strategic Objective 6: Establish & strengthen strategic partnerships to enhance road safety
Strategic Objective 7: Finalise preparations for AARTO Roll-out
Financial Sources Funding Sources in terms of Section 13: • Fees paid to the Agency in terms of the Act; • Deductions from penalties collected by the Agency; • Money appropriated by Parliament; • Donations received • Money Received from any other source.
Challenges/Risks & Proposed Solutions NRTLEC If each of the 15 000 officers can reach the minimum monthly target a total of 3.85 million vehicles/drivers will be checked on a monthly basis.
Conclusion The RTIA is fully committed to the achievement of its mandate and the goals of the “Decade of Action for Road Safety, 2011 – 2020”
Conclusion Thank you!
