DMT's 'Emission Eye' Photographs Smoke-Belching Vehicles on the Road — Fair or Overreach?

DMT just rolled out a plainclothes 'Emission Eye' unit that photographs smoke-belching vehicles while they are still moving, then issues same-day maintenance orders. Ignore the order and your vehicle gets blacklisted, blocking your revenue licence renewal and ownership transfer until you fix it and pass the test at Werahera. Supporters say Colombo's diesel buses and old lorries have gotten away with choking traffic for years and this finally puts teeth behind it. Critics ask who decides "excessive" smoke on the spot without a proper meter, and whether honest owners with an engine fault they didn't know about get treated the same as deliberate offenders. Has anyone actually been stopped or notified under this yet, and did the order feel fair? Is this the push poorly-maintained fleets needed, or a vague rule that will hit whoever the officer happens to notice that day? ඔයාගේ වාහනේ දුම් දැක්කොත් නැවැත්තුවද, කොහොමද ප්‍රතිචාරය?