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200 vehicles removed from road after Motor Traffic raid
View(s):About 200 vehicles used in public transport were declared unroadworthy and their owners were ordered not to use them, following random checks conducted by Motor Traffic officials in three Southern districts this week.
Motor Traffic examiner M. Kodagoda said the checks followed public complaints about passenger safety issues in vehicles for public transport. He said these vehicles did not conform to Motor Traffic Act regulations. Some of these vehicles had been altered and some had defective brakes and mechanical problems. In some vehicles, seats were irreparably torn.
“We found about 200 vehicles were not roadworthy. About 80 of them were detected in the Galle District, 60 in the Matara District and about 60 in the Hambantota district,’ Mr. Kodagoda said.
He said they also found vehicles that had been modified with additional gadgets or parts that were not included in the registration. These vehicles were slapped a temporary ban and the owners were given two weeks to remove them and produce them for a conformity check at the relevant Motor Traffic Transport Commissioner’s Office to get the ban revoked.
He said the operation was carried out by about 12 traffic examiners from the Southern Province Transport Commissioner’s office with the help of Traffic Police officers.
- Janath de Silva
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