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Johannesburg - The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) on Wednesday warned Gauteng e-toll road users to think before being "seduced" by the SA National Roads Agency Limited's (Sanral) offer to register for e-tags.
The transport department has extended the grace period for e-toll road users to settle their accounts and benefit from the discount, Sanral said on Wednesday.
"Sanral is desperate to get the over 1.3 million non-compliant freeways users to play on their turf by signing their terms and conditions," spokesperson John Clarke said in a statement.
Users would be discounted for the period of December 3, 2013 to February 28, without the alternate user tariff being applied. The alternate rate is three times the standard toll tariff and is for unregistered users.
Outa described the move as a strategy to persuade road users to register so the agency could solve its financial problems.
"Outa predicted that Sanral would re-commence its hook, crook, and spook tactics as soon as the elections were over," the alliance's chair Wayne Duvenage said.
He said the alliance believed the discount offer would be followed by a summons case to scare the public into compliance.
Outa unsuccessfully launched a court challenge to stop e-tolls in Gauteng.
"Until there is a dramatic change in Sanral’s general attitude to the public and its critics and a reassessment of this debacle with the stakeholders, the authorities will be hard pressed to convince the self-respecting road users to capitulate to these manipulative methods," said Outa chair Wayne Duvenage.
"Sanral has lost the trust and support of the public, which essentially makes this e-tolling scheme unsustainable and unacceptable.”
Outa said it continues to provide a “dispute your e-toll bill” facility on its website for road users to hold Sanral to account for erroneous billing processes.
The transport department has extended the grace period for e-toll road users to settle their accounts and benefit from the discount, Sanral said on Wednesday.
"Sanral is desperate to get the over 1.3 million non-compliant freeways users to play on their turf by signing their terms and conditions," spokesperson John Clarke said in a statement.
Users would be discounted for the period of December 3, 2013 to February 28, without the alternate user tariff being applied. The alternate rate is three times the standard toll tariff and is for unregistered users.
Outa described the move as a strategy to persuade road users to register so the agency could solve its financial problems.
"Outa predicted that Sanral would re-commence its hook, crook, and spook tactics as soon as the elections were over," the alliance's chair Wayne Duvenage said.
He said the alliance believed the discount offer would be followed by a summons case to scare the public into compliance.
Outa unsuccessfully launched a court challenge to stop e-tolls in Gauteng.
"Until there is a dramatic change in Sanral’s general attitude to the public and its critics and a reassessment of this debacle with the stakeholders, the authorities will be hard pressed to convince the self-respecting road users to capitulate to these manipulative methods," said Outa chair Wayne Duvenage.
"Sanral has lost the trust and support of the public, which essentially makes this e-tolling scheme unsustainable and unacceptable.”
Outa said it continues to provide a “dispute your e-toll bill” facility on its website for road users to hold Sanral to account for erroneous billing processes.
