RallyRob Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 How’s this for scary. On my way to work on Friday morning of last week I collected my bike from the bike shop where it had been serviced and continued to the office…..my Nissan Navara is fitted with a 3-bike Thule EuroWay towbar mounted rack. Imagine my surprise when on Tuesday of this week I received a “Class Discrepancy Notification” from SANRAL advising that their records indicate a discrepancy between the class registered on my e-toll account and that recorded during a transaction. Basically because of my bike rack the system re-classified my vehicle as class B which meant an increase of nearly 300% in the applicable toll fees. Now the interesting part…..the aforementioned document includes a statement which basically means that if I don’t sort this matter out then my vehicle will be permanently reclassified under class B with significantly higher toll fees applicable. “Should this matter not be resolved your registered vehicle class will be changed to the vehicle class detected by our system” Did you know…..some research into this matter revealed the following: “Vehicles making use of the Gauteng e-road are classified in accordance with a combination of the length and / or height of the vehicle, while vehicles making use of other toll roads are classified in terms of the vehicle axles and / or number of wheels” Based on this statement one must wonder about the implications for cyclists in general as not only could a towbar mounted bike rack have an impact on your e-toll account, but even a roof mounted carrier as this will greatly increase the calculated height of your vehicle (especially if there is an actual bike mounted thereon) and in so doing affect the overall size.
dirtrider Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Surely you will just throw all this in the bin . Danger Dassie, divernick, Big Wheel Cycles and 9 others 12
ScottCM Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 that's what you get for having an e-toll account dirtrider, FCH, Shangri la and 19 others 22
DJR Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 ....and that's the kind of rubbish I hope they keep out of the Colony! eeeek, Toon63, Caerus and 1 other 4
Bateleur1 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Time to get a 250 scooter and strap my car license plate on my chest and back and say hi to a few gantries. Maybe my car will be reclassified as a scooter. This is a good idea for the transport companies too. BarHugger, fabs, Cuppa Bru and 8 others 11
Cyclewizz Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 You registered for an E-Tag, now suffer the consequences !!!! ichops, FrancoisC, Cruz Addict and 13 others 16
BarHugger Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 How’s this for scary. On my way to work on Friday morning of last week I collected my bike from the bike shop where it had been serviced and continued to the office…..my Nissan Navara is fitted with a 3-bike Thule EuroWay towbar mounted rack. Imagine my surprise when on Tuesday of this week I received a “Class Discrepancy Notification” from SANRAL advising that their records indicate a discrepancy between the class registered on my e-toll account and that recorded during a transaction. Basically because of my bike rack the system re-classified my vehicle as class B which meant an increase of nearly 300% in the applicable toll fees. Now the interesting part…..the aforementioned document includes a statement which basically means that if I don’t sort this matter out then my vehicle will be permanently reclassified under class B with significantly higher toll fees applicable. “Should this matter not be resolved your registered vehicle class will be changed to the vehicle class detected by our system” Did you know…..some research into this matter revealed the following: “Vehicles making use of the Gauteng e-road are classified in accordance with a combination of the length and / or height of the vehicle, while vehicles making use of other toll roads are classified in terms of the vehicle axles and / or number of wheels” Based on this statement one must wonder about the implications for cyclists in general as not only could a towbar mounted bike rack have an impact on your e-toll account, but even a roof mounted carrier as this will greatly increase the calculated height of your vehicle (especially if there is an actual bike mounted thereon) and in so doing affect the overall size. I had the same concern regarding the towing of trailer (ie Venter or other)/ caravan. Usually a vehicle and trailer/caravan combination is classified in the Class 1 category. Seems like the new "system" (....and systems are developed by fail-for-sure human beings) will put you in a new class category or even better, just bill you twice. The trailer/caravan has its own registration plate. Proving your compliance and getting your money back will be a "hurry-up-and-wait" exercise.
Cruz Addict Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 another prime example of SANRAL raping consumers and more underhanded thievery. should never have gotten an E-tag there mate. now they have you, just like a tv licence, even when you are dead they will want payment!! GoLefty!!, ichops, Caerus and 6 others 9
Cycling Major Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 How’s this for scary. On my way to work on Friday morning of last week I collected my bike from the bike shop where it had been serviced and continued to the office…..my Nissan Navara is fitted with a 3-bike Thule EuroWay towbar mounted rack. Imagine my surprise when on Tuesday of this week I received a “Class Discrepancy Notification” from SANRAL advising that their records indicate a discrepancy between the class registered on my e-toll account and that recorded during a transaction. Basically because of my bike rack the system re-classified my vehicle as class B which meant an increase of nearly 300% in the applicable toll fees. Now the interesting part…..the aforementioned document includes a statement which basically means that if I don’t sort this matter out then my vehicle will be permanently reclassified under class B with significantly higher toll fees applicable. “Should this matter not be resolved your registered vehicle class will be changed to the vehicle class detected by our system” Did you know…..some research into this matter revealed the following: “Vehicles making use of the Gauteng e-road are classified in accordance with a combination of the length and / or height of the vehicle, while vehicles making use of other toll roads are classified in terms of the vehicle axles and / or number of wheels” Based on this statement one must wonder about the implications for cyclists in general as not only could a towbar mounted bike rack have an impact on your e-toll account, but even a roof mounted carrier as this will greatly increase the calculated height of your vehicle (especially if there is an actual bike mounted thereon) and in so doing affect the overall size. Please send this to a news agency like EWN or so on... This will run like the wind and these idiots might just wake up... All of us must just keep on getting the news to spread. More influential people will keep on fighting and we need to give them ammunition fabs, Dusty, Keithc and 3 others 6
Ramrod Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 The system is such a joke. I know of people who are being threatened to be handed over when their account balance is ZERO!!! FrancoisC and canadonis 2
Ramrod Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Please send this to a news agency like EWN or so on... This will run like the wind and these idiots might just wake up... All of us must just keep on getting the news to spread. More influential people will keep on fighting and we need to give them ammunition100% agree. Lets show the system for just how stupid it is. dirtrider, ChUkKy and FrancoisC 3
FrancoisC Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 My mother in law has received a bill via sms for R51-00 and she has not even registered!Not sure if its legit?Also - she has not driven under any gantries since they were activated!!!System collapsing already! canadonis 1
Eldron Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 I love SANRAL - just like any other government department...they claim to be right and the onus is on YOU to fix the problem (even though you have limited access to the info). Farking cANCer - here's hoping they will be voted into submission this year. Surely there can't be that many uneducated racist voters out there? Oh wait. Yes there are. News24 is proof of that. LazyTrailRider, slowpoke, divernick and 3 others 6
Th3voic3 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 You should never have registered in the first place BigDL, ChUkKy and slowpoke 3
MTBc Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) #justsaying *edit - and make sure you don't have an etag. Edited January 14, 2014 by MTBc Lone Rider and BarHugger 2
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