The autonomous vehicle is transformative technology. The
U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines autonomous driving system
vehicles (ADS) as those in which operation of the vehicle occurs
without direct driver input to control the steering, acceleration,
and braking. Fully autonomous vehicles perform all driving
functions under all conditions.
Municipalities (and the Province) will have to resolve key
liability, regulatory, planning, engineering and budgeting issues
to accommodate the massive market for driverless vehicles. Fully
automated and nationally certified vehicles will be on the road in
numbers before 2022. NVIDIA has already developed a beta chip
circuit and board that an auto industry brand may utilize under
licence, and Tesla and Toyota expect to be approved by 2021.
Municipalities will have to ramp up in many areas, and must deal
with the awkward transition period of about ten years
