Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and under the UN’s Decade of Action for Road Safety, has been consistently working to enhance road safety for all citizens in Sri Lanka.
Current data indicates that while over 8 million vehicles are registered in the country, but only heavy vehicles (less than 20% of the vehicle population) are subjected to compulsory Roadworthiness test.
With fatal accidents due to technical failures on the rise, AA Ceylon has launched the awareness project on ‘Vehicle Testing Can Save Lives’. This initiative aims to educate the public on the necessity of checking essential safety features in all vehicles and the benefits of same to all road users. Many accidents are not reported to Police or the Department of Motor traffic because of the ‘on the spot’ settlements offered by insurance companies.
‘In developed countries roadworthiness test is compulsory for all vehicles. We have submitted our proposal on our campaign on ‘Vehicle Testing Can Save Lives’ to the President, Minister of Transport, Minister of Health, the Chairman-National Council for Road Safety (NCRS), Inspector General of Police, Dr. Indika Jagoda, Deputy Director (Accident Service) of National Hospital’ said Devapriya Hettiarachchi, CEO/ Secretary Automobile Association of Ceylon.
The proposal on campaign on ‘Vehicle Testing Can Save Lives’ also submitted to Dhammika Liyanage, President Lions Club of Boraleasgamuwa Metro (Lions Club International - District 306 D 2- the project partner for AA Ceylon, lobby groups and other stakeholders to find a workable, low-cost solution for mandatory vehicle testing in Sri Lanka’
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