Vehicle driving Self Test: Steve Mahan
By the New Year, Ontario drivers can share the road with cars without drivers.
The province is set to become the first in Canada to allow companies to test their self-driving vehicles in a 10-year pilot project that can be amended or extended by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation MTO new technology is developed.
The pilot project will benefit not only technological innovation in the industry giving the driverless cars a new place to test their chops, but the Ontario economy, road safety and the ability to attract the best researchers first order, experts say that such a point, it is hoped researcher to convince the other provinces and territories to follow suit.
The Minister of Transportation of Ontario Steven Del Duca said Tuesday that the province will allow companies to test self-driving cars on its roads from 1 January 2016.
Other districts in the United States and certain regions in Europe and Asia already allow a degree of control of autonomous vehicles on their roads.
Some UK cities have experienced low-speed, self-driving shuttles in streets closed to regular traffic in some U states have adopted legislation allowing driverless cars on the road in California, Florida, Michigan, Nevada Tennessee while allowing some degree.
It really helps make the case that we should work here and help keep the talent and technology here - Alex Rodrigues, CEO Varden Labs.
We must intensify, Del Duca at a news conference held at the University of Waterloo.
In Ontario, the self-driving cars will be allowed on a busy road highway Toronto 401 less congested, residential cul-de-sac for any time of day or night, writes Bob Nichols, a spokesman the Ontario Ministry of Transportation MTO.
Not all budding engineers can put their makeshift device on the road, although the participants, who are limited to companies that originally manufactured the vehicle, technology companies, educational or research institutions, and parts manufacturers for automated vehicles, must apply to take part in the pilot.
Each vehicle must have a human being, with a valid driver behind the wheel, writes Nichols, who is able to handle all should go awry, they must have at least 5 million in liability insurance.
This revolutionary pilot puts Ontario at the forefront of innovation, said Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure Brad Duguid at Tuesday's conference of the province.
We're now going to be able to test these vehicles in circumstances of real life, taking on the roads and highways, he said.
It's really, really exciting for the industry, said Alex Rodrigues, a mechatronics engineering student undergraduate at the University of Waterloo and CEO Varden Labs, an autonomous vehicle development company.
Many companies have already been testing their cars in the US, but now they have a new'll all driving conditions to work under.
We have some of the toughest environments for driving cars, said Steven Waslander, University of Waterloo associate professor and director of WAVE laboratories, autonomous vehicles driving winter laboratory of the university, rain, fog, bad roads, potholes and not.
Companies will probably attracted to test their creations in Ontario to ensure their programming is safe in all conditions, not just those of U S observers say.
Varden Labs CEO Alex Rodrigues, left, and co-founder, Michael Skupien, right, hoping to make their first product on the market by the end of this year Varden Labs.
Ontario's technology industry will be even stronger by this, says Barrie Kirk, executive director of the Canadian Center of Excellence automated vehicles.
He attended some consultations on this pilot project over the past two years MTO.
There are nearly 100 companies and institutions in some way related to automatic vehicle industry in Ontario by MTO Kirk states that testing companies in the province include components of Ontario, such as software.
The test at home is bound to benefit Canadians even more, says Rodrigues, as It means that when autonomous vehicles are commercially available, they'll probably be safe to use in Canada and come here faster than they would in current test conditions.
Vehicle Once automated are more mainstream, they're expected to substantially reduce traffic accidents and the corresponding injuries and Kirk death provides a 80 percent reduction in these crashes while and supports each self-driving car on the road help to increase security because of its superior technology.
You simply can not reproduce this level of consciousness with a human being, he says Anyone who is in a self-driving car will be much more Of course, not everyone agrees that humans are the bottom feeders driverless car types currently available.
The driver will also give Ontario businesses the opportunity to test their products at home.
Rodrigues hopes to launch the first product, a self-driving his company shuttle system for closed communities, such as university campuses or retreat centers, by the end of the year because the ISN product suitable for t main roads, said Rodrigues, the team was able to test in private communities with their permission.
But their technology is designed to move on the roads, he said finally, the Ontario pilot project will be easier for his company to test their vehicles.
The fact that Ontario supports this technology really helps make the case that we should work here and help keep the talent and technology here, he said.
All these positives make the decision to run the pilot easy, says Kirk In fact, it s push for MTO to eventually extend the regulations to include driverless cars without driver in case of problems.
It is also full of hope other provinces and territories and the federal government, take note of progressive vision of Ontario and adopt similar allowances for driverless cars.
So far, Kirk admits he HASN t been much interest outside Ontario, but he remains optimistic.
I think this is MTO will stimulate interest.
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