Special police for expressways

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By Supun Dias

A special police division will handle the traffic on the expressways that are to be set up shortly according to highly places sources at the Police Headquarters.

According to the police a new division is required since traffic regulations on the expressways are different from the normal traffic laws.

New regulations are now being drafted by the police for the expressways. The new division of expressways traffic is to be administered by a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) with powers vested similar to the Western Province Traffic DIG. Police officers would be recruited after undergoing a special training to control expressway traffic.

Traffic policemen representing the new division were to be recruited for duty in the Southern Expressways from Kottawa in the Colombo district to Pinnaduwa area in Galle which is to be opened for transport next month. (Daily Mirror online)

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thalaya Monday, 20 June 2011 03:10 PM

Will be interested to see what they charge as a bribe to get off the hook if one gets caught speeding etc. IGP over to you to.

Dadabbara Monday, 20 June 2011 04:00 PM

OOpssss.......Military Police in Police uniform??......

Jeyaraj Fernandopull Monday, 20 June 2011 04:34 PM

New bribery system too for the expressways please !!!!!!

ag Monday, 20 June 2011 04:41 PM

Wonder how they'll get the bribes. May be for low-speeding.

DN Monday, 20 June 2011 05:08 PM

Normal Bribes & Express Bribes.

Lankawick Monday, 20 June 2011 11:45 PM

Whatever good is done in Sri Lanka.....the same anti-national foolish idiots , belittle our Motherland....

ampare son Tuesday, 21 June 2011 12:21 AM

need tow truck service too. otherwise expressway going to traffic,

madhi Tuesday, 21 June 2011 02:02 AM

I am sure they have no idea what type of special security measures they need. Later on they will find all sorts of loop holes in the system and will realise how much mooney is wasted unnecessarily......

ind Tuesday, 21 June 2011 04:03 AM

We cant go in low speeds there.

Cynic Tuesday, 21 June 2011 05:06 AM

How about an express way to pay bribes too.

Thushara Tuesday, 21 June 2011 06:06 AM

Nice to get pulled over like in America

Asitha Tuesday, 21 June 2011 09:34 AM

Lankawick, I'm with you 100%

mike Tuesday, 21 June 2011 09:41 AM

now the bribary is not there if u get caught. lower levels it is almost eradicated. but higher level are the culprites

Shokku Masta Tuesday, 21 June 2011 10:50 AM

This is kind of nice - the highway is almost ready and the regulations are being drafted now. Like the commode is placed in the public toilet and the water connection is planned .. not quite but a little like it ne'?
It will be really nice if the various authorities, RDA, Police, Department of Motor Traffic start a public awareness campaign about the rules, about safety, manners, how to's .. because Sri Lanka has not had highways.. vettus and gundus might result in serious accidents .. the road manners will be very important.. people have to become aware, otherwise my karatththe will be run over by your Merc. And of course a whole new video industry of how Gunda in his Porche outran the police and now the police are asking for turbo charged or better like in Italy.. Oooh Lamborghini .. me, me me I want to join the highway patrol.

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