Thousands of people in Ontario who are facing their final driver’s licence road test may no longer have to prove they can execute a three-point turn, a roadside emergency stop or even the dreaded parallel parking manoeuvre.
It’s all part of the province’s plan to shorten the test to help clear a massive backlog built up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Ontario Transportation Ministry said the changes will remove “duplicative elements” in the G-class test that were already part of the earlier G2 test in the province’s graduating licensing program.
The statement says the three-point turn, parallel parking and emergency
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