New DMT Medical Checks — Sleep Apnea, Reaction Time Tests — Safety Win or Red Tape?

Renewing your licence now means more than reading an eye chart. The National Transport Medical Institute has added contrast sensitivity testing, a computerised reaction-time check, and a sleep apnea screening aimed especially at heavy-vehicle, bus and container truck drivers — with results fed straight into DMT's central database. Anyone over 60 must now submit a more detailed medical report just to renew. Supporters say this is overdue: a drowsy or slow-reacting driver behind a loaded truck or a packed bus is a real hazard, and our roads already see enough fatal crashes to justify catching the problem before the next one happens. Critics call it bureaucratic overreach — another clinic visit, another fee, and a real risk that otherwise fit older or professional drivers lose their licence and their income over a test most people had never even heard of until now. Have you or anyone you know been through this new medical test yet? What did it actually involve, how long did it take, and did anyone fail on reaction time or sleep apnea alone? මේ අලුත් මෙඩිකල් පරීක්ෂණ ගැන ඔබේ අත්දැකීම කුමක්ද?