E-toll Speed Cameras Missing In Action

[Phillip Coetser]

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The Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) has gone quiet about repurposing cameras on e-toll gantries for average speed over distance (ASOD) enforcement and its crime-combating efforts. (https://mybroadband.co.za/news/motoring ... ction.html)
After the province’s e-toll system was shut down in early 2024, the government repeatedly said the expensive infrastructure would not be wasted.in February 2025, the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) said that the system was not yet being used for ASOD enforcement.
Sanral traffic engineer Siveshni Pillay explained that the cameras were still recording vehicle data which were being used “road safety purposes.”
Pillay said that details about potential projects and initiatives being investigated for the gantries would be “communicated in due course.”
Five months later, neither the Gauteng government nor Sanral have provided details about the cameras’ current roles.
Considering how many cars are using the highways with e-toll gantries daily, the addition of ASOD enforcement in recent months was likely to substantially increase fine revenues if implemented.