Police say any uniformed officer can now book traffic offences — fair?

On October 26, the Police spokesman clarified that any officer in uniform, not just Traffic Police, can stop a vehicle, ask for your licence, NIC or insurance, and file charges under the Motor Traffic Act, solo, with no second officer needed as a witness. The reasoning: Section 162 already requires drivers to obey any uniformed officer's signal, so the power was never limited to Traffic Police in the first place. One side says this is overdue, there are never enough Traffic Police on the road, and letting every officer act on obvious violations should mean less bad driving slipping through. The other side says solo stops with wide discretion and no second witness is exactly the setup that breeds "on the spot" settlements instead of real fines, and spot-fine trust is shaky enough already. Have you been stopped by an officer who wasn't Traffic Police since this came out, and how did it actually go? ට්‍රැෆික් නැති පොලිස් නිලධාරියෙක් ඔයාව නතර කළා නම්, මොකද වුනේ කියලා කියන්න.