G1 test
How to Take Your G1 Test: Booking, the DriveTest Centre, and What Happens
Knowledge tests are usually walk-in at DriveTest centres. The step-by-step of the day, from check-in and vision test to the 40 questions, the photo, and what to do if you…
How Four-Way Stops Work in Ontario (and Who Goes First)
Four-way stops run on two simple rules: first to stop goes first, and a tie goes to the right. Plus…
Hand and Arm Signals Every Ontario Driver Should Know
Hand signals are still on the G1 test and still useful when your lights fail or you are reading a…
Getting Your Ontario Licence as a Newcomer
New to Ontario with a licence from abroad? Whether you can exchange it, how foreign experience reduces waiting periods, the…
Driving at Night: What New Drivers Get Wrong
Night driving is harder than it looks. Overdriving your headlights, high-beam etiquette, handling glare, spotting pedestrians and animals, and why…
How Ontario Demerit Points Work (and Why New Drivers Should Care Most)
Demerit points are added, not deducted, and they stay two years. Why novice G1 and G2 drivers hit suspension thresholds…
Where You Can’t Park or Stop in Ontario
No parking, no standing and no stopping are three different rules. Where you can never park in Ontario (hydrants, crosswalks,…
Distracted Driving in Ontario: The Phone Laws New Drivers Break Most
Ontario's hand-held device law, why it hits novice drivers hardest with escalating suspensions, what counts as distracted beyond phones, and…
Alcohol, Drugs and Zero Tolerance: Ontario’s Rules for New Drivers
For G1 and G2 drivers and anyone 21 or under, the legal blood alcohol level in Ontario is zero, and…
Ontario Speed Limits Explained: Defaults, Signs and the Traps
What the speed limit is when nothing is posted (50 built-up, 80 rural), why a posted sign always wins, where…