INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna says that the demerit points system for the driving license will be implemented from January next
year.Making a special statement in the parliament today (Nov
28), the State Minister mentioned that the methodology will be introduced with the aim of producing quality drivers, adding that although
the approval was granted for the procedure, it had not been implemented for a period of 08 years.Accordingly, the State Minister explained
that the relevant points will be deducted over 32 traffic offences
If 24 such points are deducted, the driving license of the concerned driver will be suspended for a period of one year, he said.Meanwhile,
State Minister Alagiyawanna also stated that if a driver is deducted 12 points during his probationary period with the temporary driving
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