No refresher test for returning Sri Lankans to drive here — fair, or a safety gap?

Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake told Parliament on 23 October that Sri Lankans who already hold a valid local driving licence can drive here on home visits without any new permit, test, or extra fee, no matter how many years they've been away. Swap your SL licence for a foreign one and you can simply reclaim it with the right documents when you're back; lose it overseas and a police report gets you a replacement, no retest either way. One side says this is basic fairness: it's your licence and your citizenship right, so why should living abroad cost you money or force you to re-sit a test you already passed. The other side says someone who hasn't touched a wheel on a Sri Lankan road in ten or twenty years, dealing with buses overtaking on blind bends, unmarked school zones and tuk-tuks cutting across lanes, isn't the same driver who passed that test years ago, and a short refresher wouldn't hurt before they're back in Colombo traffic in a rented SUV. Have you seen a returning relative or friend genuinely struggle readjusting to driving here? Should there be some kind of refresher, even an informal one, before they're handed the keys? මේ වගේ නීතියක් තියෙනවා කියලවත් දන්නේ නැති අය ගොඩක් ඉන්නවා, ඔබ දන්නවද?