Dangerous drivers in Manitoba could be off the road sooner

WINNIPEG — Drivers considered dangerous could be taken off the roads sooner in proposed changes to the Highway Traffic Act.

The province is looking to change the act to require police to notify the registrar of motor vehicles of any serious driving infractions once changes are laid.

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That would allow for a license to be immediately suspended or for other modes of intervention to happen.

Until now the registrar would have to wait until a conviction before anything could happen.

The province wouldn’t say if these changes were the direct result of the death of Kendall Wiebe.

She was hit and killed in April 2012 after a vehicle drove through the hair salon she was working in. The driver, Adebola Shoyoye, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death but also had a long list of prior driving offences.

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James Allum, the Justice minister, said changes like this could prevent a similar tragedy from happening again.

Last year 4,000 drivers had their licenses suspended and another 5,000 were told to take a course in order to keep their licenses.