Programs

About the program

A novice driver is any driver who has a class 1 or class 2 licence. This could be a G1, G2, M1, or M2 licence. Even a fully licenced driver can fall into a novice driver status by having a hybrid novice driver’s licence such as a GM1, GM2, G1M, G2M, AZM1, etc.

Graduated licencing allows novice drivers to gradually gain experience before being allowed to drive on their own without any limitations beyond those would normally be placed on a fully licenced driver.

• Maintain a 0 BAC (blood alcohol concentration)
• Ensure all passengers in their vehicle are properly seat belted
• Not drive between midnight and 5:00am
• Not drive on any 400-series highway (such has Highway 400, 401, 403, etc.)
• Drive with a fully licenced passenger who has at least four years of driving experience and has a BAC of less than .05 (excepting if the person is under the age of 21, whereupon their BAC must be 0)

G2 licence holder no longer requires a fully licenced passenger to be present, has no limitation on the time of day during which they can drive, and may drive on 400-series highways. However, they are still restricted to:

• Maintain a 0 BAC (blood alcohol concentration)
• Travel with only as many passengers as there are there seat belts available for in the vehicle

G2 drivers who are also 19 years of age or younger are limited to carrying only one passenger between the hours of midnight and 5:00am if that passenger is also 19 years of age or younger. This restriction remains in effect for the first 6 months of the G2 licence, at which time up to three passengers of age 19 or younger may be in the vehicle. This passenger limitation does not effect a novice G2 driver if there is either a fully licenced passenger in the vehicle, or if the passengers are all immediate family members (such as brother, sister, mother, or father).