Yay.. It's gonna be simple I think. I've been driving for over 5 years now, and only with a G2. I'm going for my final test tomorrow, which is the full G class here in Ontario.

It's just driving on the highway.

But I've heard they make you do some things from previous tests sometimes just in case...

The only thing I can't remember, is something I've always gotten confused easily (I havent read the book since I first went for my G1, over 6 years ago).

When you're parking on a a hill overnight facing upwards, and facing downwards, which ways do you turn the wheel?

The way you remember it is superman. Up, up, and away! So if your have a curb (the ground goes up) and you are uphill, you turn the wheel away from the curb. All the other times it's towards the curb.

I got my G2 today. FREEDOM!

That's a good way to remember it. I always just remembered that you want your FRONT end to swing into the curb if the car were to start to roll down the hill.

Would you mind explaining the whole G2/G thing? I've never heard of that before.

Yeah. Basically, you want the wheels turned in such a way that the front wheels would hit the curb and stop he car from rolling into the road.

uuummm, we don't have anything like that in the UK, we're just told to put the hand-brake on...

I do appreicated the need and how it might be useful, I might starting doing it myself.

good luck in the test, we only get one in the UK although there is some stupid pass-plus thing now but it only serves to give you motorway experience and lower your insurance premium for 2 or 3 years, plus it has no bearing on what you can and can't drive.

Yeah. Been driving for a whole week now. Whee.

I have a car so I can get to my job, and I have a job so I can pay for my car.

Welcome to the vicious cycle

Everyone I know, including me, has had an accident within thier first year of driving.

Not me.

Not me.

I'm still learning. And statistics show I have somethng like a 70% chance of failing my practical test when I take it.

Gotta love the strictness over here.

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wait.....i dont know how the canadian system works...that would make u...how old?

22 on september 8th.

There was no damage to MY vehicle; I call that a win. An accident for the other person, sure, but they have no reason to suspect me...

eh, good luck.

G1: Get it when you're 16, drive only with an experienced driver (five years driving experience). Acquired with a written test.

G2: After 12 months of having a G1 or after 8 months if you take drivers ed, acquired with a basic road test (mostly on parking and not screwing stuff up). Blood alcohol level must always be 0 when driving.
(There's actually a new restriction starting on the 1st that says between midnight and 5AM you can only have one 19 or younger passenger at a time unless they're immediate family members for the first 6 months of having a G2, which blows)

G: After a year to five years of G2 driving you get your G which removes all restrictions and is permanent and you get an insurance break.

[QUOTE=Connection Problem]The way you remember it is superman. Up, up, and away! So if your have a curb (the ground goes up) and you are uphill, you turn the wheel away from the curb. All the other times it's towards the curb.[/QUOTE]
What he said.

Damn, that system is weird, although I like how it kind of forces you to be older to drive. Every new driver in my grade (sophomore or junior in HS) drives like a jack-donkey. I mean, it's terrible. yeah, going 100MPH down a busy street is AWESOME! "OMG MY CAR WAS SHAKINGZ IT WAS FUN!!". I promptly say to them that if they do that and get in an accident, they so deserve it.

US system is 15 1/2 get your temps (written/computer), 16 your license(road), and 16 and 10 months or whatever you can drive without restrictions after midnight. I forget if anything happens after the 16 and 10 months. But I guess the best part about the US sytem over the Canadian system is the insurance break right when your 16. Combined with my good student insurnace break, and me filling out a "journal" of driving for state Farm, I get near 30-40% off my insurance, which is niiiiiice.

*EDIT* MY FIRST FUTURE POST HAHAHA!!!! I retract some of my comments after Connection said that you can get the full license after a year. IT's not as weird anymore

BV, you can get your G after a year of driving with a G2.

well, each state in the US has different laws regarding when and how you get licences.

12-14 for farm license, 14-15 for restricted (both are to school/work only), 16 for full license (with 50 hours of driving under your belt) or 18 for full license with no prerequisite amount of hours gone driving. Pretty easy system.

alright lol just checkin.... :em321: :p

[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]12-14 for farm license, 14-15 for restricted (both are to school/work only), 16 for full license (with 50 hours of driving under your belt) or 18 for full license with no prerequisite amount of hours gone driving. Pretty easy system.[/QUOTE]

California's basically the same except no 14-15; instead learner's permit starting at 15 and a half which you have to hold for 6 months and have 50 hours of driving experience other than a mandatory 6 hours of instructed driving, then pass the drive test for a provisional license .. no passengers under 25 nor without their own license for the first 6 months; no driving 12-5 AM for the first year