Driving Tips How to Do a Three-Point Turn and Other Turnabouts on the Ontario Road Test
You've driven past your turn on a quiet street in Angus, and there's no intersection or driveway in sight. How do you turn around…
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Driving Tips How to Reverse and Perpendicular Park: Road Test Parking Guide for Ontario
You can handle a highway merge, but a crowded Saturday parking lot makes your palms sweat. That's normal. Parking lots squeeze cars, pedestrians and…
Driving Tips How Far to Park From a Fire Hydrant, Stop Sign and Crosswalk in Ontario
You've found the perfect spot on a busy Barrie street. Then you notice the fire hydrant just behind your bumper. Are you too close?…
Driving Tips Uphill and Downhill Parking: How to Park on a Hill With and Without a Curb
Barrie is a city of hills. Many of its streets slope down toward Kempenfelt Bay, and plenty of driveways and side streets around Simcoe…
Driving Tips The 2-Second Rule: Safe Following Distance in Ontario and Why Examiners Watch It
Traffic on Highway 400 is moving fast. Suddenly, brake lights flash three cars ahead, and the car in front of you stops hard. Whether…
Driving Tips Ontario Lane Rules: Two-Way Left Turn Lanes, Passing on the Right and Turning Correctly
You're driving down a busy Barrie street and the car ahead pulls into the centre lane a full block before its turn. Another driver…
Driving Tips Driving Hand Signals in Ontario: Left, Right and Stop
You're driving up Highway 11 when you realise your turn signal has stopped working. Or the low winter sun is so bright that the…
Driving Tips How to Drive Through a Roundabout in Ontario Step-by-Step
If you drive between Innisfil and Barrie, you've probably met the new two-lane roundabout at Yonge Street (County Road 4) and 9th Line. For…
Driving Tips Right of Way Rules in Ontario: 4-Way Stops, Uncontrolled Intersections and Who Goes First
Four cars pull up to an all-way stop on a quiet Innisfil road. Everyone waves, nobody moves, and then two drivers go at the…
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