Director of Traffic Control and Road Safety, Senior Superintendent of Police Manoj Ranagala said that strict enforcement of the law and legal action will be taken against pedestrians who wear headphones or earphones and listen to music carelessly on the road in the future.
Although only warnings have been issued to such offenders so far, he said that the law will be implemented without any leniency in the future.
He said that the tendency of pedestrians to be injured in accidents due to listening to music on the road has increased significantly, and that more than 10 people are currently dying in Sri Lanka every day due to road accidents, and that in the past six months of 2026 alone (from January 1 to June 30), 1,389 people have died in 1,323 traffic accidents.