Renting a car for a BC driving test
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Now that we're finally in Vancouver, my husband and I have got the fun of the BC road test to contend with in order to get our BC driving licenses.
At the moment we don't own a car so we'd like to rent one for few days (using our UK licenses) and then take the road test in this. The problem is that when we spoke to a person at Avis, they said that their insurance policy is fine for the car rental period apart from the hour or so that you take the road test. They say this is because you have to surrender your UK license just before taking the road test (and you don't get it back until you pass) so that technically you're not licensed for the period of the test.
I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone at ICBC or Autoplan but I have had a couple of suggestions (with no specific names) that there are some car rental companies out there that will cover us for a situation like this.
Has anyone else been in the same situation - and what did you do?
At the moment we don't own a car so we'd like to rent one for few days (using our UK licenses) and then take the road test in this. The problem is that when we spoke to a person at Avis, they said that their insurance policy is fine for the car rental period apart from the hour or so that you take the road test. They say this is because you have to surrender your UK license just before taking the road test (and you don't get it back until you pass) so that technically you're not licensed for the period of the test.
I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone at ICBC or Autoplan but I have had a couple of suggestions (with no specific names) that there are some car rental companies out there that will cover us for a situation like this.
Has anyone else been in the same situation - and what did you do?
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Surely simplest thing is to find a willing driving instructor who is prepared (for suitable financial inducement) to provide a vehicle for the test. You might I suppose have to pay for a couple of refresher lessons to make it worth their while.
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Now that we're finally in Vancouver, my husband and I have got the fun of the BC road test to contend with in order to get our BC driving licenses.
At the moment we don't own a car so we'd like to rent one for few days (using our UK licenses) and then take the road test in this. The problem is that when we spoke to a person at Avis, they said that their insurance policy is fine for the car rental period apart from the hour or so that you take the road test. They say this is because you have to surrender your UK license just before taking the road test (and you don't get it back until you pass) so that technically you're not licensed for the period of the test.
I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone at ICBC or Autoplan but I have had a couple of suggestions (with no specific names) that there are some car rental companies out there that will cover us for a situation like this.
Has anyone else been in the same situation - and what did you do?
At the moment we don't own a car so we'd like to rent one for few days (using our UK licenses) and then take the road test in this. The problem is that when we spoke to a person at Avis, they said that their insurance policy is fine for the car rental period apart from the hour or so that you take the road test. They say this is because you have to surrender your UK license just before taking the road test (and you don't get it back until you pass) so that technically you're not licensed for the period of the test.
I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone at ICBC or Autoplan but I have had a couple of suggestions (with no specific names) that there are some car rental companies out there that will cover us for a situation like this.
Has anyone else been in the same situation - and what did you do?
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This is exactly what my friends did, I think it cost a little bit less than that, but it's worth it anyway. You get an hour's driving around and the instructor will tell you what you need to improve on, then off to the test. Good luck!
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Hi there,
We rented a car to do our BC driving test in.
It didn't even occur to us to mention this when we hired it - so it was no problem whatsoever.
We also went well over our 3 month period before we obtained our BC licenses (our area also has a long waiting time for tests).
So, I'll duck while I get a volley of abuse telling me not to break the rules. I'm not advocating doing what we did, but everything worked out fine for us.
All the best,
Sarah
We rented a car to do our BC driving test in.
It didn't even occur to us to mention this when we hired it - so it was no problem whatsoever.
We also went well over our 3 month period before we obtained our BC licenses (our area also has a long waiting time for tests).
So, I'll duck while I get a volley of abuse telling me not to break the rules. I'm not advocating doing what we did, but everything worked out fine for us.
All the best,
Sarah
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Now that we're finally in Vancouver, my husband and I have got the fun of the BC road test to contend with in order to get our BC driving licenses.
At the moment we don't own a car so we'd like to rent one for few days (using our UK licenses) and then take the road test in this. The problem is that when we spoke to a person at Avis, they said that their insurance policy is fine for the car rental period apart from the hour or so that you take the road test. They say this is because you have to surrender your UK license just before taking the road test (and you don't get it back until you pass) so that technically you're not licensed for the period of the test.
I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone at ICBC or Autoplan but I have had a couple of suggestions (with no specific names) that there are some car rental companies out there that will cover us for a situation like this.
Has anyone else been in the same situation - and what did you do?
At the moment we don't own a car so we'd like to rent one for few days (using our UK licenses) and then take the road test in this. The problem is that when we spoke to a person at Avis, they said that their insurance policy is fine for the car rental period apart from the hour or so that you take the road test. They say this is because you have to surrender your UK license just before taking the road test (and you don't get it back until you pass) so that technically you're not licensed for the period of the test.
I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone at ICBC or Autoplan but I have had a couple of suggestions (with no specific names) that there are some car rental companies out there that will cover us for a situation like this.
Has anyone else been in the same situation - and what did you do?
We hired a car for the day. It was absolutely lashing rain when I took my test on the north shore an hour after my wife passed with the same instructor.
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