Driving test in toronto.

[Terminator2000]

Read this msn conversation:

Paul - says:
did richard get his license yet

Brian says:
but it wont be the same guy for in-Car

Brian says:
no not yet

Paul - says:
whats taking so long

Brian says:
examinars are really buy the book

Paul - says:
ya, strict.

Paul - says:
like hand signals and shit.

Paul - says:
i might have to reread the whole book

Paul - says:
thats why i didnt want to do it in toronto.

Brian says:
there pricks

Paul - says:
ya. maybe i should go to aurora.

Paul - says:
why, did he try again?

Brian says:
ya

Paul - says:
what happen

Brian says:
he made an inproper turn

Paul - says:
lol.

Paul - says:
did the driving tester cancel the driving test right there?

Paul - says:
he failed on the spot?

Brian says:
ya

Paul - says:
damn.

Paul - says:
i dont think you can pass in toronto.

Brian says:
it harder

Paul - says:
yeh

Paul - says:
near impossible.



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Is it true that in toronto, its nearly impossible to pass a driving test for a g2? I've been told that in toronto, they're very very strict and you'd win the lottery before you pass in toronto for a g2? The busy, dense, heavy traffic of toronto don't make it any helpful.

I've been told its better to take the test in aurora. But I have nobody to drive me there. (My dad's in italy and my mom doesn't drive.) and I have no access to a car. So, I'm forced to take the test in toronto. I can probably get someone to loan me their car in toronto, but not all the way up north in aurora. Nobody will join/escort me all the way up there (I live in toronto / Jane and Kipling)

 

[thirdtime]

Jane and Kipling??

 

[Sanders1]

If you cant pass the test in Toronto, I don't want you on our roads.

Quite frankly, if you are a safe driver, you won't have any issues passing the test. If you are not, then work on it.

And no, it definitely is not impossible to pass a test in Toronto.

 

[Hybridel]

If you cant pass the test in Toronto, I don't want you on our roads.

Quite frankly, if you are a safe driver, you won't have any issues passing the test. If you are not, then work on it.

And no, it definitely is not impossible to pass a test in Toronto.

+1

They are "strict" for a reason. If you can't pass a simple driving test, then you haven't earned the right to drive on the roads

 

[hunter001]

One of the testing centers is near where I live. The traffic is congested but it is what you would expect in the city. The tests are done on the side streets and 401.

The testers don't have a death wish, they aren't going to get you in situations that you wouldn't be faced with everyday.

You should know all the stuff in the book but there is no reason that you can't pass. You hear people b*tch all the time about the shitty Toronto drivers. Where exactly did you think they get licensed?

The guys in your msn transcript don't see like the brightest guys. It might be why they think the testing will be easier in another city. It certainly isn't impossible to get your license here.

I remember in another thread you said you already had a car. I suspect the day of/after you get your full license you will be on the road driving in the city you are afraid to be tested in. It doesn't make a lot of sense.

(I have heard there is a long wait time for testing in Toronto so that is about the only valid reason I could see for someone wanting to test in another town/city.)

 

[tboy]

SO Terminator: if you don't have access to a car, where or how are you practising? Does anyone REALLY expect to just hope into a car, drive a test and pass?

Shit man, way back when I went for my test I drove for about a year before even thinking about taking the test...(back in the 365 days).

Actually that msn chat text brings to mind a new rule that should be enforced when testing: that you must take the test within x kms from your home address.

As stated: I wholeheartedly agree that if you can't pass the test here, you shouldn't be allowed to drive here.

 

[Moraff]

I got my license way back in the olden days before graduated licensing (didn't matter, my parents enforced their own "graduated" system anyways )

I was told then to go to a different testing centre than the one I was closest too because it would be easier. Years later I was talking to someone who got theirs at the "easier" site. She had been told to come to mine as "it was easier" than hers. lol

So I think the perception that a testing centre different from your local one will be easier to pass is probably a case of "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence".

Unless you did your practicing (and if you haven't practiced you are almost certain to fail) in the other testing centre's area you are going to be hampered by the fact that you've never driven there.

When I took my driver's ed a good chunk of the time was spent in the area that the mto used for testing in, including "mock" driving tests that followed routes the testers had used on past students. So when it came time for the test the streets were already familiar to me.