Emission Eye cameras can blacklist your car for smoke — fair, or no chance to explain?

From this month, the DMT's new "Emission Eye" unit has officers stationed around major cities photographing vehicles that puff visible smoke in traffic. No roadside stop, no chance to argue in the moment — the photo alone triggers a same-day maintenance order, and if you don't get the vehicle fixed and cleared at the Werahera testing centre by the deadline, you get blacklisted in the DMT system, which can block your revenue licence renewal or an ownership transfer later. The Health Ministry says around 7,000 people die early every year from air pollution, and vehicle smoke is a big part of that, so supporters say this is overdue and smoke is hard to fake. Critics say a single photo of a cold start or a hard pull uphill isn't proof of a chronic fault, and tying something that serious to your paperwork with no appeal process is risky, especially for owners of older diesel vehicles and three-wheelers who can least afford sudden repairs. Has anyone here actually received one of these notices? Oyage vehicle eke mese photo ekak gihin thiyenawada?