SLTB Driver Tested Positive for Drugs After the Deadly A9 Bus Crash — Time for Mandatory Testing?

Three SLTB and private buses collided head-on near Rambewa on the A9 on November 10, killing four people and injuring 76. A post-mortem on the driver found cannabis and alcohol in his system, and police have called it reckless driving. Right now there's no routine requirement for bus or lorry drivers to be tested for drugs or alcohol before a shift, or even after a crash, unless someone specifically orders a post-mortem. One side says daily testing isn't realistic: thousands of SLTB and private drivers, no depot has the staff or budget to run it, and the real fix is random roadside checks by police, the way arrack checkpoints work around Avurudu and New Year. The other side says that's an excuse — a breath or swab test takes minutes, and if a crash this bad with this many dead still doesn't force testing before the engine starts, it's hard to see what would. Have you ever actually seen a bus or lorry driver checked before a trip, by anyone? What do you think would really catch a driver like this before he's behind the wheel, not after four people are dead? බස් රියදුරන්ට රැකියාවට පෙර මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය පරීක්ෂණයක් අනිවාර්ය කළ යුතුද?