Driver’s Handbook

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  • Driver’s Handbook

    • The Official MTO Driver's Handbook: Introduction
    • Getting Your Driver's Licence
      • Requirements for driving in Ontario
      • Driver's Licence Classification Chart
      • What kind of licence?
        • Additional documents
      • Graduated licensing
      • Applying for a licence
      • Proof of legal name
      • Declaration from a Guarantor
      • Graduated licensing requirements
        • Level One (Class G1):
        • G1 Knowledge Test - Checklist
        • G1 Exit Test - Checklist
        • Level Two (Class G2):
        • Road tests
        • G2 Exit Test - Checklist
      • Failure to attend road test, or short notice cancellation
      • Out-of-order road test
      • New Ontario residents
      • Motorcycle licence exchanges
      • Could You Pass?
      • Summary
    • Safe and Responsible Driving
      • Getting ready to drive
        • Be physically and mentally alert
        • Know your vehicle
        • Get into position
        • Keep a clear view
        • Find your blind spots
        • Fasten your seatbelt
        • Child safety
        • Turn on headlights at night and in poor conditions
        • Summary
      • Driving along
        • Steer smoothly
        • Use signals
        • Keep right
        • Obey speed limits
        • Obey police
        • Maintaining space
        • Summary
      • Sharing the road with other road users
        • Sharing the road with motorcycles and limited-speed motorcycles
        • Sharing the road with cyclists
        • Sharing the road with large commercial vehicles
        • Sharing the road with municipal buses
        • Sharing the road with farm machinery
        • Sharing the road with pedestrians
        • Summary
      • Driving through intersections
        • Controlled intersections
        • Uncontrolled intersections
        • Yielding the right-of-way
        • Summary
      • Stopping
        • Stopping at railway crossings
        • Stopping for school buses
        • Stopping for pedestrian crossovers
        • Summary
      • Changing Directions
        • Turning a corner
        • Right turns
        • Right turn on a red light
        • Left turns
        • Left-turn lanes
        • Left turn on a red light
        • Driving through roundabouts
        • Dealing with particular situations at a roundabout
        • Backing up
        • Turning around
        • U-turn
        • Three-point turn
        • Summary
      • Changing positions
        • Changing lanes
        • Passing
        • Passing at night
        • Passing and climbing lanes
        • Passing on the shoulder
        • Passing on the right
        • Passing Streetcars
        • Summary
      • Parking
        • Parking for people with disabilities
        • Parallel parking
        • Parking on a hill
        • Roadside stop
        • Pulling out from a roadside stop
        • Summary
      • Freeway driving
        • Entering a freeway
        • Driving along a freeway
        • Leaving a freeway
        • High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane
        • Summary
      • Dealing with particular situations
        • Aggressive driving and road rage
        • Street racing
        • Drowsy driving
        • Workers on the road
        • Animals on the road
        • Cellular phones
        • Driver distractions
        • Emergency vehicles
        • Reacting to an approaching emergency vehicle
        • Approaching a stopped emergency vehicle with red lights flashing
        • Summary
      • Driving at night and in bad weather
        • Overdriving your headlights
        • Glare
        • Fog
        • Rain
        • Flooded roads
        • Skids
        • Snow
        • Whiteouts
        • Ice
        • Snow plows
        • Summary
      • Driving efficiently
        • Before you drive
        • While driving
        • At the garage
        • 10 ways you can help make Ontario's roads the safest in North America
        • Choosing a driving school
        • Summary
      • Dealing with emergencies
        • If your brakes fail
        • If your gas pedal sticks
        • If your headlights go out
        • If you have trouble on a freeway
        • If your wheels go off the pavement
        • If a tire blows out
        • In a collision where someone is injured
        • In a collision where no one is injured
        • Summary
    • Traffic Signs and Lights
      • Traffic lights
        • Green light
        • Yellow light
        • Red light
        • Advance green light or arrow
        • Simultaneous left turn
        • Transit priority signals
        • Fully protected left turn
        • Flashing red light
        • Flashing yellow light
        • Blank traffic lights
        • Summary
        • Lights and arrows to help turning vehicles
        • Traffic beacons
      • Pedestrian signals
        • Intersection pedestrian signals
        • Summary
      • Pavement markings
        • Summary
      • Signs
        • Regulatory signs
        • High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) signs
        • Warning signs
        • Temporary condition signs
        • Information and direction signs
        • Other signs
        • Emergency response signs
        • Bilingual signs
        • Summary
    • Keeping Your Driver's Licence
      • Renewing your licence
      • Senior drivers age 80 or older
      • Graduated licensing requalification
      • Changing your name or address
      • Driver's licence laws
      • The demerit point system
      • Table of offences
      • Other ways to lose your licence
        • Medical suspension
        • Discretionary HTA suspensions
        • Mandatory HTA suspensions
        • Administrative driver's licence suspension (ADLS)
        • "Warn Range" suspension
        • Novice driver violations
        • Your licence will be cancelled
        • Criminal Code suspensions
        • Remedial measures
        • Driving under suspension
        • Driving while prohibited
        • Vehicle Impoundment Program
        • Impaired driving
        • Alcohol
        • Drugs
        • Consider the consequences of impaired driving
        • Mandatory alcohol education and treatment
        • Driver improvement interview
        • Ignition interlock
        • Summary
    • Your Vehicle
      • Maintaining your vehicle
        • Daily or weekly checks
        • Regular service
        • Winter maintenance
        • Tires
      • Vehicle insurance and registration
        • Insurance
        • Registration
        • New residents
      • Buying or selling a used vehicle
        • Safety Standards Certificate
        • Mandatory Vehicle Branding Program
        • Ontario's Drive Clean program
      • Towing
        • Licence and permit
        • Registering your trailer
        • Make sure your trailer is in good condition
        • Brakes
        • Lights
        • Attaching your trailer
        • No passengers
        • Trailer hitch
        • Loading your trailer
        • Starting out
        • Curves and turns
        • Slowing down and stopping
        • Passing
        • Being passed
        • Backing up
        • Towing disabled vehicles
        • Summary
      • Test yourself - Sample knowledge test questions
    • The Level Two Road Test
      • Left and right turns
      • Stop intersection
      • Through intersection
      • Freeway
      • Lane change
      • Roadside stop
      • Curve
      • Business section
      • Residential section
      • Parallel park
      • Three-point turn
    • Road Worthy
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