Me too - I'm really not looking forward to winter driving. Do such courses exist?

Yes they do, check out your AMA or equivalent http://www.ama.ab.ca/driver-educatio...driving-course I keep thinking about doing one and then never get round to it...maybe this year (it will be our 8th winter)

Oink, the reason women don't like to park in between the lines is because we don't want idiot men opening their car doors against our cars and dinging them

My daughter was learning standard (the lessons are more $'s), her instructor said to make sure she takes her test in a auto as it's easier

Must have been some very quiet streets! I started taking driving tests last year and failed 3 times before finally passing. First two were in Langley. The first one the examiner made me turn round a corner where the school zone sign was ON the corner, so I didn't see it and sped in the school zone, the second I failed because he took me through the horrible langley city centre which is always busy and the stress of the test plus the stress of the constant heavy traffic made me fail by cutting someone off on a right turn - the traffic on the road I was turning onto was stationary even though my light was red - I thought my light was about to turn green but instead it was their light that was about to turn green. After that I took the test in North Vancouver, and the driving instructor took me to a roundabout, it looked clear however there was a huge bush in the middle obstructing the view. I went into the roundabout and suddenly a car rushed round the roundabout from the other side (which I couldn't see) causing me to effectively cut him off making me auto-fail the test. I was not happy about that, however had that not happened, I would've passed which made me take the test in North Van again.

On the second test in North Vancouver it was a really nice examiner. I didn't make any mistakes, asides from not realising that a pedestrian standing at the corner of a crossroads is an implied crosswalk (you have to stop for them). Was so glad to pass the test finally.

The test is technically easy in a way, since it is a short test, but all it takes is one small mistake that makes you auto-fail and it's all over.

I know people that failed due to school zones and they are easy to miss - the worst thing about them for somebody new to driving here is that you to look out for the back of the other one to see where it ends. Cheap-ass canadians, too miserly for proper road signage.

Fortunately I did my test in august so there weren't any

Check out the app in my signature. It's designed for new drivers who want to pass their Class 7 and existing drivers (especially immigrants) who require a refresher course. In Ontario, we are endorsed by the Ontario Safety League.