Road Test Information and Requirements

If you have a road test appointment scheduled or if you will be scheduling a road test appointment in the future, please review the information on the ROAD TEST PREPARATION FACT SHEET. The following additional information will also help you prepare for your road test:

Scheduling a Road Test

All road test fees must be pre-paid before you can book for a road test appointment. Pre-paid examination fees are valid for a six year period from the date of payment. Any fees not used before the six year period (including request for refunds) are non-refundable.

If you fail to attend or cancel the road test appointment at least 48 hours before road test appointment, you will lose your pre-paid road test fee. However, you will not lose your road test fee, if one of the following conditions applies to you:

• Inclement weather (e.g. hazardous freezing rain or snow in an area near the DriveTest Centre) prevents the applicant from reaching the DriveTest centre. The request to re-schedule the test must be made within 3 days of the missed appointment. After 3 business days, proof must be provided in order to receive a subsequent appointment (e.g. newspaper article covering extreme bad weather on date of appointment). In the event of inclement weather conditions, please call 1-888-570-6110 where a broadcast message is played to all callers regarding road test cancellations.
• Death in the immediate family (proof required)
• Sickness or injury of the applicant or in the immediate family (proof required)
• Jury duty - proof required
• Incarceration (imprisonment) – proof required
• Applicant receives a verified unscheduled call to work or is required by his/her employer to work overtime (proof required)

To book, cancel or re-schedule a road test appointment, please refer to our Test Booking Page

The Day of the Road Test

On the day of the road test, please arrive 30 minutes early to complete check-in procedures. If you arrive or check-in late, you may have to re-schedule your appointment for another day and will lose your pre-paid road test fee. You will also lose your pre-paid road test fee if you fail to show up for your road test appointment.

Road tests are also available in French at French-designated DriveTest centres. Please refer to our Locations Page for a list of French designated centres. You may contact the designated French DriveTest centre of your choice for enquiries regarding French-speaking examiners. When you arrive for your road test appointment, please request for a French-speaking examiner at Dispatch.

At the beginning of the road test, the driver examiner will explain what you will be required to do during the road test. The driver examiner is not allowed to coach you during the test so if you have any questions, please ask them before you begin.

The driver examiner will also ask you two questions prior to commencing the road test:

• Do you require glasses or corrective lenses for driving?
• Do you suffer, or have you ever been advised by a physician that you suffer from heart disease, stroke, diabetes requiring insulin to control, epilepsy, seizure disorder, loss of consciousness or awareness, or any other medical condition or physical disability that may affect your safe operation of a motor vehicle?

Please note that you are required by law to declare any of the above condition. The maximum penalty for making a false statement is a fine and/or imprisonment and/or a driver’s license suspension.

Will your vehicle pass the Test?

The driver examiner must perform a basic pre-test vehicle check to ensure that your vehicle is fit for the purpose of a road test. The driver examiner may request for your assistance to ensure that your vehicle is safe for the road test (i.e. operating the turn signals, brake lights, etc). If one of the following items is detected your road test appointment will be cancelled and you will lose 50% of your road test fee and must pay the remaining 50% in order to schedule another road test:

• Vehicle equipped with ignition interlock device but no ignition interlock (I) condition on license.
• Ignition interlock device not installed if a requirement exists.
• Roof down and/or unsecured (convertible style vehicle).
• Non-functional or uninstalled door(s) (door does not open and/or does not close).
• Non-functional dual brakes (driving instructor vehicle.
• Non-functional foot brake.
• Non-functional or missing seat belt (applicant or examiner).
• Non-functional right/left brake light.
• Non-functional turn signal.
• Non-functional head lights or tail lights (darkness and/or limited ability).
• Non-functional windshield wipers or no washer fluid (if weather condition warrant).
• Non-functional defroster/defogger (if weather conditions warrant).
• Non-functional horn or speedometer.
• Damaged windshield, large cracks, stars, etc, obstructing vision in areas of the windshield swept by the wiper blades.
• Not secured or missing seat.
• No rear bumper.
• No mirror.
• Flat tire, donut tire any wheel.
• Defective tires.
• More than one wheel nut missing on a wheel.
• Unsecured or defective muffler.
• Obvious fuel leaks.
• Fumes in vehicle.
• Unsecured vehicle parts (i.e. hood).
• Unclean vehicle that poses health risk to the examiner.
• Visible or audible defects that contravene the Highway Traffic Act.
• Defect that affects the safe operation of a vehicle.
• Brake found out-of-adjustment during air brake practical test, applicant completes air brake practical test but accompanying road test cannot proceed.

In addition, your road test appointment will be cancelled and you will lose 50% of your pre-paid road test fee if one of the following is detected:

• Inability to provide an acceptable breath sample (over preset level) for ignition interlock device.
• Passenger(s) or pet(s) in vehicle.
• Insects in vehicle that pose health risk to examiner.
• Unsecured contents (i.e. work vehicle).
• Unacceptable permit: invalid/missing sticker, expired 10-day permit or in-transit permit.
• Altered vehicle plate.
• Flammable goods or compressed gas.
• Not wearing corrective lenses if a requirement exists.
• Refuse to wear seat belt before or during road test.
• Arrive for road test with no vehicle.
• Arrive for motorcycle road test with no helmet.
• Vehicle with yellow/black Dealer and Service plate and vehicle permit indicates plate series SPR.
• Schedule wrong class of road test based on vehicle configuration/weight.
• Schedule wrong class of road test in error (i.e. books G2 road test instead of G).
• Insufficient G2 highway experience.
• Vehicle equipped with air brakes but applicant does not hold endorsement, applicant has not completed air brake course, or applicant is not completing air brake course along with the test.
• Applicant does not produce a daily trip inspection report prior to road test or inspection report is more than 24 hours old (e.g. classes A or D, C or F operated beyond a radius of 160 km from the location where the driver reports to work).
• Related to point above, a vehicle rented/leased is exempt from the daily trip inspection report; however, the rental agreement must be viewed and the rental agreement date is more than 30 years old.
• Vehicle used by class A applicant from a truck training does not comply with the class A minimum vehicle configuration requirement.
• Applicant attempting air brake endorsement practical tests does not have the required air brake items to proceed with test.
• BDE enrolled applicant is not certified by their Driving School on the day of the scheduled road test.

Note: If you are using a vehicle that does not belong to you (e.g. driving instructor’s vehicle) and an item noted above is detected, you will lose 50% of your road test fee and must pay the remaining 50% in order to schedule another road test.

Your road test appointment will be cancelled and may be re-scheduled at no charge if:

• You are unable to provide a breath sample at the beginning of test to start vehicle or during a rolling retest for interlock device (due to the device).
• Vehicle will not start.
• Fall ill during the road test.
• Involved in a “not at fault” collision during road test.
• Vehicle defect becomes apparent during the test (e.g. stalls repeatedly, flat tire, fails to accelerate, exhaust system falls off, extreme vibrations/noise).
• Medical condition prevents road test from proceeding.
• Outstanding fees owing to MTO prevent road test from proceeding (e.g. reinstatement, NSF).

G Road Test – Expressway Test

If you are taking the G Road Test (Expressway Test), you will be required to declare your driving experience to ensure that you have sufficient expressway driving experience in order to proceed with the road test. You have to declare how many times in the three months before the road test you have driving on a 400-series highway and/or on a highway with a speed limit of at least 80 km/hr. You must have driven at least 5 times on a highway with a speed limit of least 80 km/hr and /or a 400 series highway. You are also required to indicate the average length of these trips (i.e., under 5 km, between 5 and 15 km, over 15 km). The 400-series highways include: 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 409, 410, 416, 417, 420, 427, Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), Don Valley Parkway (DVP), Gardiner Expressway, E. C. Row Expressway, and the Conestoga Parkway. Please ensure that you have the required highway driving experience prior to your road test appointment or your appointment will be cancelled and you will lose 50% of your road test fee.

Helpful Hints:

• Review the Official Driver’s Handbook prior to your road test appointment
• Know your vehicle