Kendall Wiebe

The Manitoba government has introduced legislation that will result in drivers being suspended sooner for high-risk driving infractions.
 
The proposed law comes on the heels of the tragic death of 27 year old  Kendall Wiebe who was killed when the driver of an SUV crashed into an Ultra Cuts salon where Wiebe was working at the time.

The motorist had a long record of dangerous driving and has been involved in 11 collisions in the past 10 years, eight of which were determined to be his fault, yet he was still allowed to possess a drivers licence.

As a result, legislators have drafted a new law to prevent this kind of tradgedy from happening again.

"Under this new legislation, people in these circumstances are not going to be allowed to drive," said Premier Greg Selinger. "They'll be suspended sooner for serious infractions and they won't be able to drive after they've those number of incidents. We've got tough legislation for high risk drivers but this tragic death made it clear that more needed to be done."

The new law will also require that high risk drivers be dealt with more quickly than in the past, according to Selinger.

Last year under the current rules, 4,000 drivers had their licences suspended and another 5,000 had to take a drivers course to keep their licence.