The National Council for Road Safety says that despite the enforcement of the mandatory seat belt law for vehicles using expressways effective from today (20), a grace period of three more months has been given for vehicles not equipped with seat belts when manufactured.
Sri Lanka’s transport authorities had previously announced that the mandatory seat belt law would be strictly enforced, effective from today (June 20).
Accordingly, while wearing a seat belt while driving is mandatory, all passengers of vehicles travelling on expressways are also required to wear seat belts.
The government had taken steps to make it compulsory for passengers seated in both the front and rear seats of vehicles to wear seat belts.
An initial grace period had been granted for the implementation of the law, which ended yesterday (19), and therefore, the National Council for Road Safety had stated that strict enforcement of the regulation would commence from today.
However, the Chairman of the National Council for Road Safety, Manjula Kularatne, today said that an additional grace period of three more months will be given for vehicles not manufactured with seat belts that are using the expressways.
