Roadside Spit Tests for Drivers Rolling Out — Fair Enforcement or Overreach?

Police say drug-impaired driving is now the top cause of severe road accidents, and a pilot check on Colombo-area buses found over 5% of drivers testing positive for narcotics. On-site saliva test kits for drivers are expected to roll out within months, building on the mouth-swab rule already in force since September, and arrests for drug-related driving offences have jumped sharply this year compared to last. Supporters say this is overdue — a bus or lorry driver impaired behind the wheel puts dozens of lives at risk, and random mouth-swab checks are what caught dangerous drivers before anyone was hurt. Critics worry about false positives from legal medication, tests done roadside without a doctor present, and another checkpoint that could turn into harassment for three-wheeler and bus drivers who already get stopped constantly. Would you support random roadside drug testing for all drivers, or only for public transport and heavy vehicle operators? And if you've been stopped for one of these checks yourself, how was it actually handled? මාර්ගයේදී රැඳවුම් කර බේරිය පරීක්ෂණ කරනවා කියන එක හොඳයිද, නැත්නම් අපිට තව එක පීඩනයක් වෙනවද?