Alberta says it will no longer require the advanced road test for Class 5 (passenger vehicles) and Class 6 (motorcycle) driver’s licences, saving those drivers $150.
The Graduated Driver Licensing program was introduced in Alberta in 2003. New drivers with a learner’s, or Class 7, licence must have a fully licensed person seated next to them while driving, can’t drive between midnight and 5 a.m. and have no drugs or alcohol in their system while driving.
Since the program began, drivers who made it past their two-year probation and didn’t take a second test have been allowed to continue driving with their graduated licences, and many do. “Many of them probably thought spending that extra $150 for the advanced test is not giving them any extra benefit or comfort other than getting a full licence.”
Panda said about 500,000 graduated licence holders are likely eligible to move to full Class 5 licences.
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