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Meters with the facility to issue a printed bill has been made compulsory for three-wheeler taxis from today and it will be legalised in two months, the National Council for Road Safety (NCRS) said.

NCRS Chairman Dr. Sisira Kodagoda told a media conference that it was the responsibility of three-wheeler drivers to issue bills to trishaw users.

“This is not an attempt to collect fines for the Government, but an attempt to regulate three-wheeler taxi system and to minimise issues between the three-wheeler driver and the passenger,” he said. “This will encourage drivers to fix meters in the three-wheel taxis.”

However, the existing taxi meters do not have the facility to print bills.

“Three-wheelers which already have meters do not need to buy new meters but there should find a way of issuing a bill,” Dr. Kodagoda said. “Several three-wheeler associations used to issue receipts including with driver name, distance, phone number and total hire amount. Those persons do not need to adopt the new system because their receipts are acceptable.”

Dr. Kodagoda said two more months was needed to discuss this with outstation three-wheeler drivers associations, while arranging facilities for them to buy the new meter system,” he said. “After holding discussions with Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, this will be implemented as a law at national level." (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)


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  • Jagath Leanage Friday, 20 April 2018 08:47 PM

    Its a very good move . We use three wheelers regularly but different charges for same distance . With meters coming to effect this problem will eradicate.

    Dee Friday, 20 April 2018 09:33 PM

    Fix those rougues at Bamba junction first. Chase them away. No law will make em work right.

    Dee Friday, 20 April 2018 09:38 PM

    Spend some money and go mass media on educating people. Show them how much a KM costs. Even 30/- per km is good money. Poor innocent people spend 200/- for a 2.5 km ride. Educate them to use secure apps whenever possible. After all it's the poor innocent people who suffer because of three wheeler drivers to doctors. They all rip off.

    Mahela Friday, 20 April 2018 09:41 PM

    Good move but some politicians are in the making..

    Sambo Saturday, 21 April 2018 08:16 AM

    I don't trust any of these laws you people hope to bring in. It was last year that the transport minister woke up from his slumber and said since 1st November 2017 all "TUK TUKS"must have meters but nothing happened since people are no longer afraid of the law in this country.

    maxi Saturday, 21 April 2018 11:28 AM

    well said..most of the tuk tuk drivers are rowdys/rasyathu karayo...they don't obey the law...!

    Karuna Saturday, 21 April 2018 06:09 PM

    This will be like issue of tickets to bus passengers. Law is there but never implemented.

    Lord Wolfstein Sunday, 22 April 2018 10:52 AM

    These life-threatening vehicles are potential death traps without any safety standard and are no longer viable in the twenty-first century, they should be banned. Economically, they are obsolete, since there are now small car taxis that can transport passengers just as cheap. The import of 3-wheelers should be banned immediately and after a grace period until 2005 they should be completely banned.


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