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How often do Sri Lankan companies inspect their tourist vehicles?

Licensed Sri Lankan operators are required to carry out deep mechanical and cosmetic checks on vehicles before each main tour is dispatched, and at the same time, they also enforce strict annual emission testing required by the government.


In tourism work, the vehicles used must be kept to a better standard than what you usually see in public transport. Agencies ask their drivers to verify air conditioning performance, tyre tread depths, and that seatbelts are working properly before airport pickups. On top of that, the SLTDA sets tight age restrictions for tourist fleets, so reliable companies rarely send out cars that are more than five to seven years old, which helps ensure newer safety features are in place.

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