Two more accidents on speedway
The police said that two more accidents were reported on the Southern Expressway over the last two days which also resulted in a CCTV camera and a post being damaged.
The first accident to occur on the southern expressway since it was opened on Sunday was reported on Monday morning when a van toppled injuring two people.
The police media unit said today that another van met with an accident that same night damaging a CCTV camera and the post on which the camera was installed.
In the other accident, a car slid off the road and hit plastic barriers placed on the side of the road yesterday, the police said.
Investigations into that accident are still underway.
There will be more, until drivers get used to driving safely on highways,motorways & expressways. It will be better if they are given lessons on how to drive on these types of speedways. Drivers simply loose control after speeding at 100 kmph, which they are not used to. Proper training only can reduce these accidents.
It’s going to take some time for people to get used to driving on highways in safety – for the moment, the daredevils will die like flies…
Perhaps it’s time that proper driver education was instituted. Sri Lankans believe they are the best drivers in the world (“if you can drive here, you can drive anywhere..” blah.. blah) but in reality, it is the limits placed upon speed by poor roads that have not resulted in massive loss of life so far… now that we have better roads but the same bunch of ill-disciplined drivers, the number of fatalities will increase exponentially
Stay tuned for more gory disasters
highway may be ready but are the drivers ready for new challenges?
These damages better be repaired and replaced. who pays for it is up-to you.
plastic barriers on a highway
noway
imagine these drivers are immigrating to other countries and driver. There will be a chaos
Live fast, drink hard, dye young and party like no tomorrow. The only way to live
Most of our drivers are lack in discipline and common sense. That might be the reason behind above accidents. Further they need some training in driving because they do not get train at the time of obtaining driving licenses. Thus I thought of not to use this highway for another 6 months, because I don’t want to put my life in risk for others mistake.
How can third world SL have express ways when over 80% of the populationis under the poverty line. It is a poort country. U feed your pple first before building stupid roads that you cannot afford to build.
EVEN IN USA THE SPEED LIMIT IS 55 AND 85 ON THE HIGH WAYS,HERE THE SPEED LIMIT 100 ON TWO LANES NO WAY
It’s only a four hundred bucks one way. No big deal for any struggling lankans.
Ape Lankawe aya kavada kapu takarang de? They may have to date gone more than 80 kmp so suddenly when they are given to fly……..now only the CCTVs and lamp posts but later on it will be more deaths and flying vehicles
Not sure if u have been to USA or not buddy….the speed limits are 85MPH (miles per hour) while in SL it’s only 100KmPH.
85MPH is roughly 140KmpH :)