30 Demerit Points And Your Licence Is Gone — But Will This Pilot Actually Bite?

Sri Lanka's driving licence demerit points system is now in a live pilot that started October 1 and runs until March 2027. Right now officers are only telling you how many points an offence would cost — nothing is actually deducted yet. Once it goes live for real, hitting 30 points gets your licence suspended for a year, though finishing a training course can cut that down to three months. Fleeing an accident scene costs 10 points, driving over 150 km/h costs 8, and general reckless driving costs 6. The optimist's case: a running total finally gives habitual offenders real consequences instead of a fine they shrug off and forget. The skeptic's case: this same idea was announced back in 2022, and before that too, and went nowhere both times — and a point system is only as fair as the officer logging it, in a country where enforcement already varies wildly by area and connections. Have you been stopped during this pilot and told your point count? Do you think this attempt actually makes it to full enforcement, or quietly dies like the ones before it? මේ දින වල පොලිසියෙන් නවත්තලා පොයින්ට් ගාණ කියලා කියලා තියෙනවද? මේක ඇත්තටම ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙයිද කියලා විශ්වාසයක් තියෙනවද?