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Gazette soon to make seat belts mandatory for Expressway buses: Minister
Colombo ,August 29 (Daily Mirror) - A gazette notification containing regulations that make it mandatory for passengers travelling in passenger buses on expressways to wear seat belts is scheduled to be issued on August 31, Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Minister Bimal Rathnayake said.
Minister Rathnayake said this during a recent meeting of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, held in Parliament under his chairmanship.
The Minister explained that this initiative is being implemented as a key component of the “Clean Sri Lanka” programme.
He also said that a grace period of approximately three months will be given for the installation of seat belts in school transport buses, office transport services, leisure tour buses and other passenger buses operating on expressways.
The Minister further pointed out that the price of seat belts, which was around Rs. 2,000 previously, has now risen to between Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 7,000. He stressed that this price increase should be monitored by the Consumer Affairs Authority.
He also mentioned that public opinion had been sought regarding making seat belts mandatory in long-distance buses, and that almost all respondents expressed their support for the measure.
Accordingly, the government plans to implement this regulation for long-distance buses in the near future as well. This survey was conducted by ‘Citra Innovation Lab’, collecting data from approximately 2,100 individuals, including passengers, drivers and private bus owners. A report based on this data has also been submitted by the organisation.
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