Anyone else sick of this Drive Test strike

[jaimie08mazda3]

So I sit at work and i have many people come out and get mad cuz the drive test is on strike and noone can get their licences *the Drive test is in a room in the building i work at.* IVe been reading alot about it and they better get their asses in gear... they are going to be busy as all hell once its done. Like for me it doesnt matter cuz my licence doesn't expire till 2011 and my car is at home... but for alot of people they rely on it. And they are humming and hawwing about it. COME ON PEOPLE i understand that you want full time and part time but by the time you come back everyone will be full time... there will be lineups for months. I dunno it's just been bugging me. :blah what ya'll think?

[Gizzmo_jr]

my girl friend can't get her G2 until they open up shop again. And the snow is almost around the corner, thus she can't take the scooter anymore.

[Fobio]

my uncle the driving instructor have lotsa free time...it's not good the economy, that's for sure.

[Chimera]

did they pass the law that the driving minimum age is to be bumped to 18 yet...?

cause that sucks for the 16 year olds awaiting their driving tests...

[tweak_s]

Wow, they are STILL on strike?

I haven't followed but hoooly.

[SilentJay]

I thought I heard on the radio, a good number of them actually wanted to go back, via voting for an offer on the table, but the controlling union - some steel-worker union, refuses to let them.

[jaimie08mazda3]

Yea its been going on since August 21st and they are still stubborn about it... like come on you guys are going to be busy whe nyou come back like 3 months behind.. the good thinmg is that for the people whose licences are soon to needing be renewed will be extende till a month after the strike is over and the police are aware of this. I dunno today ive had about 6 people ask me about it lol.

[jaimie08mazda3]

and as far as i know the 18 year old law is not in effect cuz thats just truthfully stupid

[She_Prime]

Well this is affecting me big time. I need to take my G test before April 13, 2010 otherwise my license expires and I'm screwed.

[jaimie08mazda3]

doesn't matter even if the strike goes to that level your licence will be extended till that time... book it right now for like march or something

[Darkfrosty7]

and most likely it'll be over by April 2010... well hopefully

[jaimie08mazda3]

I got till may 2011.. it should be over soon... it is hurting huuuge for the economy too... cuz people without licences are not buying vehicles

[She_Prime]

Well I failed my G2 four times before passing... if I leave it til March and I fail and then have to wait basically a month until the next attempt.

I wanted to try as of November 11 this year (I passed my G2 November 11, 2008)

[laksman91]

did they pass the law that the driving minimum age is to be bumped to 18 yet...?

cause that sucks for the 16 year olds awaiting their driving tests...

I find it so stupid how that rumour is always circulating. I remember when I was nearing 16 people were saying that, and it just gets passed down the years. Its a myth.

[akh053]

YES i live right by the aurora test centre and had plans with my dad to get my M license and take his bikes (in calgary) through banff and lake louise. PISSED ME OFF as i was supposed to use this as my 2 weeks vacation from work..... mother effers!!

[sicsol]

Well I failed my G2 four times before passing... if I leave it til March and I fail and then have to wait basically a month until the next attempt.

I wanted to try as of November 11 this year (I passed my G2 November 11, 2008)


I'm a instructor in the evening & weekends. I really hope they get back.

[She_Prime]

Lol Gary will you pass me if I come to you? :chuckle

[kramr]

I renewed my CZ class license last year with medical and all. Although the Drive Test Centre has nothing to do with my medical cert. and all but I have to write for my license every 4 or 5 yrs. I wrote last year or the year before. I live near a Drive Test Centre here in London and I swear, if I park on the road (as I usually did so no shuffling of vehicles when my wife wanted out) before I got my driveway widened I swear, at least 6-10 student drivers were paraellel parking with my car every hour. They get a little nervous when they see you looking from the house, or better yet, from the mirror of my car. With the strike, not one in a while!!

:chuckle

[tmpz]

I am waiting for my G, it expired the beginning of September... :(

[KenYork]

Anyone can still renew their license if they have their G. It's just the examiner's that are on strike, so nobody can get their G1's(?), G2's and G's.

[omalak]

I have to go for my G, my license has expire on me once lol.. I had to do it all over again.. but right now i just want them back to work.. i dont care about the economy.. I care about my pocket! and that G will get me a lower insurance rate!

[STeeLy]

I'm hating this drivetest strike at the moment, I really really want to get my G...

[She_Prime]

That's me too. My insurance comes up for renewal in December and I wanted my G by then so I could get a major discount :(

[dentinger]

i renewed my driver's license last week.....

[jaimie08mazda3]

i need my g more then most people here lol... my insurance will drop and ill be happy

[Dreamliner]

i need my g more then most people here lol... my insurance will drop and ill be happy

No it won't. Mine didn't.

[dentinger]

neither did mine...

[jaimie08mazda3]

my insurance company already told me it would

[blankets3]

any idea when its ending?

[Slipstream]

hopefully soon...expiry on march 31, 2010....how long will they extend it to? because i was room incase i fail and have to rebook dont want to have it fail then it expires then im f**cked

[Dave_The_BMXER]

My insurance dropped with my G but then was adjusted about 2 months later due to some bullshit. So it stayed the same.

[jaimie08mazda3]

hopefully soon...expiry on march 31, 2010....how long will they extend it to? because i was room incase i fail and have to rebook dont want to have it fail then it expires then im f**cked

so basically it all depends on how long the strike goes for. if it goes till march 31st which will be highly unlikely... then obviously people will be understanding. Its not our fault... but people may get more jobs out of this as well as they will be soo busy they wont know what to do... and gary your a drivers examiner.. IM GOING TO MILTON :chuckle

[KenYork]

i need my g more then most people here lol... my insurance will drop and ill be happy

That may be your opinion, as I'm sure you're all in the same boat and not one more than any other.. driving is still a privilege and not a right.

[S.F.W.]

so basically it all depends on how long the strike goes for. if it goes till march 31st which will be highly unlikely... then obviously people will be understanding. Its not our fault... but people may get more jobs out of this as well as they will be soo busy they wont know what to do... and gary your a drivers examiner.. IM GOING TO MILTON :chuckle

I believe Gary is an instructor not an examiner.

[Hypothrml]

If your license (G1, G2, G) is going to expire before the strike ends, the MTO will give you an extension...so no worries!

[blackspeed3]

Well I failed my G2 four times before passing... if I leave it til March and I fail and then have to wait basically a month until the next attempt.

I wanted to try as of November 11 this year (I passed my G2 November 11, 2008)

Should you really be driving if you failed your G2 FOUR TIMES?!! :chuckle

[She_Prime]

Yes I should! I failed for stupid reasons each time...

[jaimie08mazda3]

i failed my g-1 twice cuz i didnt understand the questions... G2 i passed with flying colours.. i got marked down for going to slow.. :chuckle but the guy was chill and i did it in my dad's 06 MDX

[sicsol]

I believe Gary is an instructor not an examiner.


Thanks Ami. Yes. Driver Instructor. - Need an extra lesson to help pass your test ?

[bluntman]

did they pass the law that the driving minimum age is to be bumped to 18 yet...?

cause that sucks for the 16 year olds awaiting their driving tests...

Not yet.

[alhope34]

My insurance never went down with my G either, I don't think companies do that. I hope there's still no backlog by the time spring comes around, I'm going to be getting my M1 and M2 next year. Though the M2 test is with the rider training school, not the MTO.