Bikers Against Tolling mass protest ride

The ride, which included nearly 5000 motorists, started at the Crusaders Clubhouse in Rosettenville and traversed the N1 highway from the south of Joburg to the north, circling the highway to end at the start.

The protest ride drew support, not just from bikers but also from a multitude of other motorists. There were even a few trucks that rode alongside them.

The protest also ran nationally and took place in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Durban. The other cities joined in the national campaign in solidarity with Gauteng motorists and to show their standpoint on the impending implementation of urban tolling in their own cities.

Before the protest started e-bill notifications were burnt.

Bikers Against Tolls explained that the motorcycle community and their allies have had enough of the “injustice” of e-tolling.

A representative from the organisation said, “With the continued media reports of the flagrant disregard and mismanagement of the country’s taxes we denounce any further wastage of our resources and demand the scrapping of urban tolling and free passage for motorcycles on the national highways.”

Bikers Against Tolls added, “We will continue to escalate and expand our protest action to other cities until the will of the citizens of this country is respected, and the concept of urban tolling is scrapped.”