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British Columbia has banned self-driving vehicles that exceed Level 2

British Columbia is making self-driving cars illegal on public roads ahead of their large-scale release, citing a need for greater safety and development of AV systems.

Cars with autonomous features up to Level 2 remain unaffected by the ban, so Tesla owners who use Autopilot and FSD won't have to worry about their insurance premiums going sky high—or, at least, not going any higher than they already are. A 2023 study conducted by the University of British Columbia's REACT Lab found that the majority of respondents are wary of AVs and agree that regulation is necessary to gradually unleash self-driving cars into the wild. This gradual approach seems to be in contrast to that of the U.S., where autonomous vehicles from Waymo and Cruise have wreaked havoc on public roads from the Pacific Northwest to southern California.

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