Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Arjuna Ranathunga said today that maximum fines for hit and run drivers will be drastically increased. Apart from levying fines , new laws will be brought to revoke the licenses of all drivers who committed very serious offenses.
He said that new laws have to be drafted to replace old and outdated laws to prevent the large number of road accidents contributing to death that keeps rising day by day.
He was speaking at a ceremony yesterday to pay compensation to hit-and-run victims where the identity of the vehicles was not known. National Council for Road Safety was organised the event.
Family members of four victims of hit-and-run accidents were provided financial relief worth Rs. 2 million to each, while sixteen injured people from unidentified road accidents were granted Rs. 1 million to each as relief, by Minister Ranathunga.
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