Learning to Drive in Canada
Mar 2nd 2011 | 8:38 am
#16
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Re: Learning to Drive in Canada
Oh dear, sore subject in our house. We've only been here 2 months and eldest daughter, just turned 17, miffed as we won't teach her or indeed pay for her lessons. "All" her friends at school have cars apparently, some of them even behind the wheel of F150s, frightening thought. She is bad enough in Superstore with a shopping trolley, sorry cart.
Mar 2nd 2011 | 8:58 am
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Re: Learning to Drive in Canada
I don't think that you can drive on a provisional licence from the UK, only a full one.
Regardless, you can only drive on a "foreign" drivers licence for 60 days once you become a resident of Ontario. If you are just visiting, you can use one for 3 months or else you need an international licence. IDPs cannot be issued to a holder of a UK provisional driving licence without the test pass certificate and provisional driving licence. http://www.theaa.com/getaway/idp/
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/visiting.shtml
If you are a visitor to Ontario and want to drive while you are here, you must be at least 16 years old and have a valid driver's licence from your own province, state or country. If you are from another country and visiting Ontario for more than three months, you need an International Driver's Permit from your own country or you may have to apply for an Ontario driver's licence, depending on your length of stay. You should also ensure your automobile insurance coverage is sufficient, and that you carry the original or a true copy of the vehicle registration or Certificate of Title for your vehicle.
New Residents
If you are a new resident in Ontario and have a valid driver's licence from another province, state or country, you can use it for up to 60 days after you move to Ontario.
If you want to keep driving in Ontario, you must get an Ontario driver's licence. You must use your Ontario licence when you are issued one. New Ontario residents have 30 days before they have to register their vehicles and get Ontario licence plates and vehicle permit. Click here for more information on Getting an Ontario Driver's Licence or Licensing a Vehicle in Ontario.
http://www.drivetest.ca/en/license/O...ryDrivers.aspx has details of exchanging a foreign licence.
Regardless, you can only drive on a "foreign" drivers licence for 60 days once you become a resident of Ontario. If you are just visiting, you can use one for 3 months or else you need an international licence. IDPs cannot be issued to a holder of a UK provisional driving licence without the test pass certificate and provisional driving licence. http://www.theaa.com/getaway/idp/
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/visiting.shtml
If you are a visitor to Ontario and want to drive while you are here, you must be at least 16 years old and have a valid driver's licence from your own province, state or country. If you are from another country and visiting Ontario for more than three months, you need an International Driver's Permit from your own country or you may have to apply for an Ontario driver's licence, depending on your length of stay. You should also ensure your automobile insurance coverage is sufficient, and that you carry the original or a true copy of the vehicle registration or Certificate of Title for your vehicle.
New Residents
If you are a new resident in Ontario and have a valid driver's licence from another province, state or country, you can use it for up to 60 days after you move to Ontario.
If you want to keep driving in Ontario, you must get an Ontario driver's licence. You must use your Ontario licence when you are issued one. New Ontario residents have 30 days before they have to register their vehicles and get Ontario licence plates and vehicle permit. Click here for more information on Getting an Ontario Driver's Licence or Licensing a Vehicle in Ontario.
http://www.drivetest.ca/en/license/O...ryDrivers.aspx has details of exchanging a foreign licence.
Ok.........so I'm coming to Canada as a 24 yr old permanent resident with no UK license, so basically I'm going to have to start from the beginnin in Canada,
More specifically, Ontario.
What's the basic process? What do I need to do to get on the road asap?
Mar 2nd 2011 | 9:04 am
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Re: Learning to Drive in Canada
Driving in Canada.....
You need a cell phone and a tim hortons for each hand
you need to have your neck fused to prevent you from checking your blind spot
when merging onto the highway fly down the slip road and brake sharply when you have reached the same speed as the traffic
Do not pull into large gaps - wait till there are some cars for company
Never leave the outside lane until 100m from the exit you need
you need to have all common sense and hazard perception removed BEFORE turning the key
Ignore those strange painted lines in the road - they have no meaning
A red light means oh go on then just 3 more cars
Over take a vehicle by travelling 1/2 kph faster than it then cut across in front of it and ease off by 1 kph
Blinking orange lights on the side of a vehicle are just decoration and mean nothing
When a truck moves to the centre of a road with hazard warning lights on make all atempt to get around it as fast as possible - dont worry the driver will see you - failing this stop as close as possible to said truck as this will make it manouver faster
When a truck signals right but moves to the left drive up the inside of it as the driver obviously signaled the wrong way
DO NOT under any circumstances maintain the same speed for more than 1 kilometer
Drinking 8 pints and driving is perfectly safe and normal
DO NOT wear a seatbelt
The round thing in front of you is to hold onto and will only turn halfway in either direction making 90 degree turns a bit tricky
IN busy traffic accelarate hard and brake sharply - DO NOT leave a large gap and maintain a slower steady speed - you will get there faster, also frequent lane changes will improve progress and traffic flow
Hope this helps !!!!
You need a cell phone and a tim hortons for each hand
you need to have your neck fused to prevent you from checking your blind spot
when merging onto the highway fly down the slip road and brake sharply when you have reached the same speed as the traffic
Do not pull into large gaps - wait till there are some cars for company
Never leave the outside lane until 100m from the exit you need
you need to have all common sense and hazard perception removed BEFORE turning the key
Ignore those strange painted lines in the road - they have no meaning
A red light means oh go on then just 3 more cars
Over take a vehicle by travelling 1/2 kph faster than it then cut across in front of it and ease off by 1 kph
Blinking orange lights on the side of a vehicle are just decoration and mean nothing
When a truck moves to the centre of a road with hazard warning lights on make all atempt to get around it as fast as possible - dont worry the driver will see you - failing this stop as close as possible to said truck as this will make it manouver faster
When a truck signals right but moves to the left drive up the inside of it as the driver obviously signaled the wrong way
DO NOT under any circumstances maintain the same speed for more than 1 kilometer
Drinking 8 pints and driving is perfectly safe and normal
DO NOT wear a seatbelt
The round thing in front of you is to hold onto and will only turn halfway in either direction making 90 degree turns a bit tricky
IN busy traffic accelarate hard and brake sharply - DO NOT leave a large gap and maintain a slower steady speed - you will get there faster, also frequent lane changes will improve progress and traffic flow
Hope this helps !!!!
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Mar 2nd 2011 | 9:05 am
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Re: Learning to Drive in Canada
I wish Public transit was a good as it is in Europe
Mar 2nd 2011 | 9:45 am
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Re: Learning to Drive in Canada
Driving in Canada.....
You need a cell phone and a tim hortons for each hand
you need to have your neck fused to prevent you from checking your blind spot
when merging onto the highway fly down the slip road and brake sharply when you have reached the same speed as the traffic
Do not pull into large gaps - wait till there are some cars for company
Never leave the outside lane until 100m from the exit you need
you need to have all common sense and hazard perception removed BEFORE turning the key
Ignore those strange painted lines in the road - they have no meaning
A red light means oh go on then just 3 more cars
Over take a vehicle by travelling 1/2 kph faster than it then cut across in front of it and ease off by 1 kph
Blinking orange lights on the side of a vehicle are just decoration and mean nothing
When a truck moves to the centre of a road with hazard warning lights on make all atempt to get around it as fast as possible - dont worry the driver will see you - failing this stop as close as possible to said truck as this will make it manouver faster
When a truck signals right but moves to the left drive up the inside of it as the driver obviously signaled the wrong way
DO NOT under any circumstances maintain the same speed for more than 1 kilometer
Drinking 8 pints and driving is perfectly safe and normal
DO NOT wear a seatbelt
The round thing in front of you is to hold onto and will only turn halfway in either direction making 90 degree turns a bit tricky
IN busy traffic accelarate hard and brake sharply - DO NOT leave a large gap and maintain a slower steady speed - you will get there faster, also frequent lane changes will improve progress and traffic flow
Hope this helps !!!!
You need a cell phone and a tim hortons for each hand
you need to have your neck fused to prevent you from checking your blind spot
when merging onto the highway fly down the slip road and brake sharply when you have reached the same speed as the traffic
Do not pull into large gaps - wait till there are some cars for company
Never leave the outside lane until 100m from the exit you need
you need to have all common sense and hazard perception removed BEFORE turning the key
Ignore those strange painted lines in the road - they have no meaning
A red light means oh go on then just 3 more cars
Over take a vehicle by travelling 1/2 kph faster than it then cut across in front of it and ease off by 1 kph
Blinking orange lights on the side of a vehicle are just decoration and mean nothing
When a truck moves to the centre of a road with hazard warning lights on make all atempt to get around it as fast as possible - dont worry the driver will see you - failing this stop as close as possible to said truck as this will make it manouver faster
When a truck signals right but moves to the left drive up the inside of it as the driver obviously signaled the wrong way
DO NOT under any circumstances maintain the same speed for more than 1 kilometer
Drinking 8 pints and driving is perfectly safe and normal
DO NOT wear a seatbelt
The round thing in front of you is to hold onto and will only turn halfway in either direction making 90 degree turns a bit tricky
IN busy traffic accelarate hard and brake sharply - DO NOT leave a large gap and maintain a slower steady speed - you will get there faster, also frequent lane changes will improve progress and traffic flow
Hope this helps !!!!
Road Rage - report bad drivers:
http://www.myroadrage.com/
Mar 2nd 2011 | 10:31 am
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Re: Learning to Drive in Canada
Hope this helps...
Road Rage - report bad drivers:
http://www.myroadrage.com/
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Road Rage - report bad drivers:
http://www.myroadrage.com/
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Mar 2nd 2011 | 10:49 am
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Re: Learning to Drive in Canada
Could I also add the following: Do not under any circumstances ever acknowledge any kind or considerate actions from fellow drivers.
It's wierd. Complete strangers will occasionally smile or say hi to me in the street for no reason (which is nice), but never, ever will people wave or smile as a result of a considerate action whilst in a car. So basically I have stopped bothering. IMO, the biggest w*nkers on the road are those in 'monster trucks'. There is a direct corelation between truck size and stupid/ignorant driving actions.
