Buddhika sets Guinness world record
Ruwini Jayawardana
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Rambukwella |
Well-known television actor Buddhika Rambukwella set a Guinness World
Record by driving a vehicle with his feet with his hands handcuffed for
903 kilometres.
He began on his record-breaking venture from Point Pedro on March 18
and ended at Tissamaharama. It had taken him 15 hours with a normal
speed of 60.2 km and the highest speed of 125 km to get there. Dr
Geethanjana Mendis of the Sri Lanka Sports Ministry Medical Unit served
as the judge for the record.
Rambukwella earlier attempted to drive a vehicle in reverse with his
feet from Kandy to Colombo last year and was thwarted after the traffic
controller ruled that the law requires drivers to have both their hands
on the steering wheel while driving. Later he established the record at
the Sugathadasa Stadium.
“The same issue would have raised if Tharunyata Hetak President Namal
Rajapaksa and Director General Ronnie Ibrahim had not spoken up. I am
grateful to them for their support. Traffic director Indu Karunaratne,
the three forces and IGP also backed me,” he said adding that many youth
are waiting to establish records and the authorities should encourage
them. |
