Your Name On The Plate Instead Of A Number — Would You Pay For It?

The Parliamentary Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport, chaired by Minister Bimal Rathnayake, is reportedly looking at letting vehicle owners put a personal or business name on their number plate instead of the usual letters and digits. Nothing is confirmed yet, no date and no fee has been announced, but one reason being floated is extra revenue for the Department of Motor Traffic through "special" plates, similar to how some countries sell VIP registration numbers. Supporters say it's harmless fun, a status symbol people would happily pay for, and free money for a cash-strapped department. Critics say a road full of personalised plates makes it harder for police, CCTV and witnesses to quickly identify a vehicle after a hit-and-run or a crime, and that DMT staff time should go toward clearing the existing backlog of plates and licences first, not building a vanity-plate shop. Would you pay extra for a name plate, or is this exactly the kind of side project the DMT doesn't need right now? ඔබගේ නම සහිත නම්බර් ප්ලේට් එකක් සඳහා ඔබ අමතර මුදලක් ගෙවනවාද, නැත්නම් මේක කාලය නාස්ති කිරීමක් විතරක්ද?