The pressure group says less than 10 percent of motorists are complying with the unpopular electronic tolling system, which after several delays and court challenges, went live at the end of 2013.
Outa chairperson Wayne Duvenage briefed the Transport Portfolio Committee today on what he says are the failures of e-tolling.
He says it is an inefficient unworkable system that should be scrapped.
“To say that the gantries are up so the scheme must continue is quite crazy. That is a small cost in this matter. The administration of e-tolls collections is over R1 billion a year. If you halt the scheme now you stop the process of billions of rands of administration, going forward; you stop the fight with society, going forward. You stop the fact that you cannot force compliance, going forward.”
Last year, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a new funding structure which included reduced tariffs.
To ensure compliance, the government warned there were plans to withhold vehicle license renewals if e-toll bills were not paid.
This had to be gazetted as it requires legislative changes.
