Pay to Put Your Name on Your Number Plate — Fair Revenue or a Security Risk?

Parliament's transport committee has just discussed letting vehicle owners replace the standard registration sequence with their own name or a business name, plus selling special 'VIP-style' number combinations for extra government revenue. No fee or start date has been fixed — officials say the legal and security side needs checking first, so this is still just a proposal, not a done deal. Supporters say it's easy money for a cash-strapped government and a bit of harmless personal flair, same as schemes running in other countries. Critics say it makes stolen or cloned vehicles harder to spot at a glance, broadcasts who owns the car to anyone who wants to target that person, and turns a plain identification system into a status symbol — all while DMT is still clearing a backlog of 650,000 ordinary plates. Would you actually pay extra for a name plate, or does this just add confusion to roads where plate fraud is already common? If you've lived somewhere with personalised plates, tell us whether they caused real problems or it was a non-issue. ඔයාගේ නම තියෙන නම්බර් ප්ලේට් එකක් ගන්න ඕනද, නැත්නම් මේක පාරේ අනාරක්ෂිත බවක් විතරක්ද වෙන්නේ?