Vehicle manufacturers are rapidly developing driverless technology.
The provincial government is proposing changes to legislation to allow driverless vehicle testing and usage in Manitoba.
Local MLA Brad Michaleski is unsure of how quick it will arrive here in the Parkland area:
“You know, I don’t know if it would specifically happen up in the Parkland. It’s a provincial law that is being changed, so I guess that testing could be done anywhere. But, if it got pushed up into this area, and research, technology, and testing, was done up here, that would be great.”
Manitoba’s Highway Traffic Act was written on the basis of a human driver being in physical control of a vehicle.
