Govt to study laws on autonomous vehicles in other countries, says Loke

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Transport minister Loke Siew Fook says the Road Transport Act will have to be amended to regulate self-driving vehicles.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/09/09/govt-to-study-laws-on-autonomous-vehicles-in-other-countries-says-loke/  Laporan Lanjut:   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #LokeSiewFook #AutonomousBus #GobindSinghDeo

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00:00The government will study the autonomous vehicle laws of other countries in amending Malaysia's

00:06Road Transport Act to allow autonomous buses to operate here.

00:11Transport Minister Lok Si Fook said amendments to the Act are definitely needed since Malaysia

00:16lacks specific laws for self-driving vehicles.

00:20He however said no time frame has been set for these amendments.

00:25Lok also said a proof of concept is currently taking place for the autonomous bus while

00:29the ministry has a committee looking specifically into autonomous vehicles.

00:34Meanwhile, Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said autonomous public transportation trials

00:40are being carried out in many cities across the globe including Shanghai in China and

00:45Hamburg in Germany.

00:48He said Malaysia is developing its own autonomous vehicle technology tailored to local road

00:52and traffic conditions.

00:56Danish Roger Reza, FMT News.

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