I was just wondering since we have Canadian Acurazine members,

I am not sure if i am getting the right facts, but is your driving test really 3 hrs? I am really curious on the different standards expected in new drivers in Canada compared to the United States..

In California,
If you're 15 and a half, you are eligible to go take driving school and eventually take the written exam. Once you pass the exam with less than 8 errors, you receive your permit. You will be able to driving with ur permit with an adult for 6 months.. and you must have 6 hours of behind the wheel training with an instructor..

once you're 16 u take the behind the wheel exam... if you pass you will be driving under a provisional license until you are at the 18..

california also says you cannot carry passengers till you have one year on ur license..

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The driving test is basically
+you back up in a straight line
+you can stop correctly
+change lanes
+ neighborhood driving
+parking (not parallel)

Is it entirely different in Canada?

 

My driving test was a VERY long time ago, but it sure wasn't three hours long. A few years ago I was involved with a woman who had three teenage drivers, and I can recall they all received learner's permits at fourteen years of age and completed a driver's training course before taking their license examinations when they turned sixteen. The driver's course wasn't mandatory, and a licensed driver needed to be with them while they were operating a motor vehicle while in the possession of a learner's permit. I know their driving test wasn't three hours either, as I let one of them borrow my immaculate Grand National for her examination. What the hell was I thinking.................

Hope this info helps. Alberta, Canada, btw.

Terry

 

My driving test consisted of doing donuts in the snow. It was Christmas Eve

 

You're moving to Canada?

I still remember the day my 6-month provisional period was up. Freedom at last. Of course I drove without a 25+ year old passenger before and during the 6-month period but finally I could leave the house freely.

 

I have plans to move to Vancouver sometimes in the next 6 months or so... I'm curious what I need to do to drive over there myself... I'll be duel residency.

 

Never heard of a 3 hour driving test in Canada. Just the impracticality of it would make it next to impossible. The driving instructors would only get through a few tests per day, making the waiting list years-long.

 

shit.. i did the home taught course... all i did was fill in the papers and went to the dps office and took the permit test on a computer... there after i waited till i turned 16 and turned in all my paperwork and they handed me a license.. i didnt have to even be behind the wheel in front of the motor dept to get my license

 

^ That's pretty scary - for you, and for the other drivers on the road.

 

haha noo ... well my parents taught me but i didnt have to show the dps... most kids now days dont have 2.......

 

Even scarier!

Where do you live?

What's the "dps"?

 

haha ur a funny guy.... its been like that for years buddy.... and its dept of public safety. something like that..

 

@ the Dept of Public Safety giving out driving licenses without someone actually getting behind the wheel of a car.

More like Dept of Probable Stupidity.

 

Being taught how to drive by your parents and not having to be tested before being thrown on the road with traffic is pretty scary. Sounds like a system that needs to be overhauled.

Mostly though, at a 16 year old calling me buddy.

Safe driving.

 

Mind you, I was with my cousin in Florida when she got her license at 16 many years ago. Her "road test" consisted of driving around a closed track for a total of 5 minutes. Her maneuvres included stopping at a stop sign, signaling, changing lanes once (mind you, it's a closed track without any other vehicles), and finally, parallel parking between two cones that were about a school bus-length apart.

Scary stuff, if you ask me. Oh, and if you failed, you could walk right back in and book another appointment for that same day if you wanted!.....Because if you had trouble passing at 9am, maybe you will have learned how to drive by 2.

 

My first road test (to get the G2) was about 20 minutes and the final road test (to get the full G) was about 30 minutes. I don't know where you heard 3 hours ... I'm in Ontario btw

 

I think it was an exaggeration but i have a friend that moved down to california from Vancouver, BC.. and she wasn't able to pass the driving test in California...

It's the same principle right?

 

haha yea i called ya buddy.. do ya have a problem wise ass? well anyways im not gonna cause any unnecessary arguments here.. but yea thats how it works here in texas..

 

She didn't pass the CA driving exam? Canadian drivers must be beyond terrible then!

 

i like driving in Vancouver.

 

Haha, i am not sure what is wrong with her.. she said there is a lot of different rules here... then.. i been to vancouver.. it's not that bad..


I just remember going to the border of Canada you have to drive really slow, otherwise it's pretty much similar to California...

 

I'm pretty sure the driving tests are a bit harder in the Canada than the states...That and the whole idea of having multiple tests (2 driven + 1 written) is pretty lame imo

 

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