adminbe captured in the new computerised system would be heavily penalised.
“The computerised system will charge 100 percent penalty of the arrears plus administration fee for uncaptured motorists while their arrears and fines continue to accrue and have to be paid in any case,” said Mr Murove.
“Those vehicles that have been entered into the system whose licences expired on September 30 2012 will only be charged penalties after 30 days.”
Zinara charges US$5 late penalty fee to motorists who delay renewing licences.
Since the introduction of the new computerised system, Zinara had not yet announced the penalty for those who failed to have their cars captured into the new system.
“This is the second time since the inception of the computer-generated licensing system and most of them (motorists) do not have their names captured.”
Meanwhile, police vowed to continue arresting motorists who are yet to renew their vehicle licences.
Police national traffic spokesperson Inspector Tigere Chigome said those motorists found guilty would be fined for contravening the Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act 22(1) 13:14. The law stipulates that the owner of every registered vehicle shall keep such vehicle licensed.
“The grace period by Zinara exempts motorists from the administrative penalties only,” he said.
Insp Chigome advised vehicle owners to respect the law by renewing their licences.
There are still long queues at Zinara, Zimpost and other registration centres countrywide as motorists strive to bit the 30-day grace period.
“The computerised system sometimes can go offline thereby long queues would result notwithstanding that, a third of the motorists prefer to pay their licenses quarterly than annually’’ said Mr Murove.
He said an average of 25 000 motorists are licensing their vehicles nationwide daily since September 30.
Motorists in arrears have been encouraged to come forward and discuss payment scheme to clear their debt.
About 400 000 out of 800 000 vehicles were registered when Zinara introduced the computerised vehicle licence disc during the second term.
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