Fleets

Why must a company pay their fines?

• Your Identity Document (ID) if you are the Proxy for the business could be allocated an Administrative Block in the Traffic Information System, which is unnecessary stress and difficult to remove off their system.
• The knock-on effect?
  • you will need to pay additional penalties
  • you will not be able to renew your car license(s)
  • you will not be able to register a car
  • insurance claims could be repudiated
  • If you are stopped in a road block then you can be arrested if warrants have been issued

Our key objectives are:

• Provide regular Reports to the Proxy.
• Protect the Proxy / Representative of the business from either arrest and / or loss of license
• Provide real time data so that drivers can get their fines timeously and pay quicker, which could lead to increased awareness and a change in driver behaviour patterns which in turn would make our roads safer.
• Provide a brand-new revenue stream for you and / or a discount to be passed on to your drivers/clients.
• AARTO: Keep a close eye on Driver Demerit Points (DDP) and Professional Driving Points (PDP) validity.

Case study of a fleet client

The situation

A national fleet client was heavily reliant on receiving traffic fines via post. Inundated with paper they employed staff to help with issues. Incomplete information provided by traffic departments caused more confusion. Traffic fines were not paid timeously, incurring additional costs. The Fleet’s Proxy had regular warrants of arrest being issued.

Their challenges

• Fines were either not posted, arriving in duplicate, or even triplicate which was extremely confusing
• Additional full time staff were then employed to try and resolve the situation or at the very least try and keep it under control
• Lack of reliable systems and real time information made it impossible to manage, resulting in costly chaos
• Attempting to settle fines and necessary receipt number in over 250 Municipalities was both frustrating and time consuming
• Drivers would leave the business and fines could not be recovered which resulted in the fleet owner having to foot the bill

The reality

Fines SA proprietary traffic fine management system now enables them to:

• Managing and paying Fines is not the National Fleet’s core business, but an essential part of it
• Setting up or expanding an internal Fines department costs money
• Without access to specialised online systems and access to the necessary information, would make their situation even worse
• With the introduction of Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) including a demerit system of 12 points, managing all these moving parts should be left to a specialised company – Fines SA

The reality

The client turned to us not only for our professional turnkey solution but also to facilitate creating their own profit centre
FinesSA was their solution, As our proprietary traffic fine Management system provided the following:

• We delivered a “helicopter view” to capture their full picture of all outstanding fines at any time
• We offered a solution to complement our new clients existing infrastructure which can be modified when necessary i.e. with the introduction of AARTO in June 2020
• Our automated processes enable us to review fines in real-time
• Their drivers were penalised timeously so funds were recovered, reducing their bad debts
• This Fleet Owner has saved up to 50% on all fines • Administration staff was reduced saving more costs