G1, G2, G Test
Your G Driver Licence in 3 steps:
Step 1: G1 Class Licence (knowledge test)
Step 2: G2 Class Licence (driving test - basic skills)
Step 3: G Class Licence (driving test - Highway Driving Experience)
Need some help? Ask us about our packages.
Class G1 Test
Requirements:
- you must be 16 years or older
- pass a vision test
- pass a knowledge test (see topics below)
- traffic lights
- traffic signs
- Driver's Licence document
- Seatbelts
- Speed limits
- Passing vehicles
- Sharing the road
- Emergency vehicles
- Rules of the road
- Driving rules
- Using headlight
- Driving Suspensions
- Accident reporting
- Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)
- The Demerit Point System
- Approaching an emergency vehicle, school bus, or streetcar
Rules:
- Your blood alcohol level must be zero while driving.
- Each passanger must have a working seatbelt on.
- You must not drive alone (You must be accompanied by a driver with valid Class G licence, or higher, with at least four years driving experience. This person must be the sole passenger in the front seat and they must have a blood alcohol level of less than 0.05%.
- You must not drive on roads with a posted speed limit of more than 80km/hr
- You must not drive on the 400-series highways, the QEW, the DVP, the Gardiner Expressway, the E.C. Row Expressway, and the Consetoga Parkway in Kitchener-Waterloo.
- However if you are with a licenced Ontario driving instructor, you can drive on any road.
Class G2 Test
Requirements:
- you must have your Class G1 licence for 12 months before trying for G2 (but you can take an approved driver education course and pass , you can complete your G1 in 8 months)
- when you meet the full requirements for a G1 driver you can book a G1 Exit Test (The G1 Exit Tests is a road driving test that tests basic driving skills. Ask us about our G1 Exit Test Package)
Rules:
- Your blood alcohol level must be zero while driving.
- Each passanger must have a working seatbelt on.
- If you are 19 years old or younger or received your G2 before September 1, 2005 the following restriction apply between midnight and 5am: (You are only allowed to have 1 passenger 19 years old or younger during the first 6 months of having your G2. After 6 months have passed and until you obtain your full licence or turn 20, you are allowed to have up to 3 passengers aged 19 or under)
- The above does not apply:
- if you are accompanied by a driver with a valid Class G license (or higher) with at least four years driving experience. This person must be the sole passenger in the front seat and they must have a blood alcohol level of less than 0.05% or
- if your passengers are members of your immediate family, a guardian, or those that are related to you by blood, marriage, common law, or adoption
Class G Test
Requirements:
- you must have your Class G2 (or level 2) licence for 12 months
- when you meet above requirements for a G2 driver you can book a G2 Exit Test