Six Crashes, Seven Dead in One Day This Month — Still Think You're a Careful Driver?

Six separate accidents killed seven people across the island in a single day this October, with speeding, drink driving, and poor road conditions named as the usual causes. It wasn't one bad stretch of highway or one reckless group — it happened everywhere, on every kind of road, involving motorcycles, buses, and private cars alike. One side says it's the system: no proper lighting on rural roads, blind corners that never get fixed, traffic police who disappear after dark, and a driving test that doesn't actually test hazard awareness. The other side says stop blaming infrastructure — people overtake on blind bends, drive after a few drinks on long weekends, and treat indicators as optional, and no amount of road widening fixes that kind of behaviour. Genuinely curious what's changed on the roads near you. Does it feel worse than five years ago, or are we just hearing about it more now? If you had to fix one thing first — roads, licensing, or night-time enforcement — which would actually save the most lives? මාර්ග අනතුරු මේ මාසේ හරිම වැඩියි - ඇත්තටම හේතුව මාර්ගද, රියදුරන්ගේ පුරුද්දද?