He's now waiting to take it again this month, but is relying on his wife to drive him around in the meantime. Sebastian Arenas, a mining engineer who moved from Montreal to Kirkland Lake, Ont., for work this year, has been similarly frustrated and said the testing backlog has had a real impact on his daily life.Īrenas said it took him months to secure a G2 road test this fall, but he failed. "There should be some way to stop such things." "Some people contacted me saying, 'Hey, I can book your date. She said she's eager to get her G licence and is frustrated at the trouble she's having securing a test.Īdding to her annoyance is the fact that some third-party sellers have contacted her with the offer of earlier road test appointments, at a price. Thakur said her G2 licence technically expired in May. 31, 2022, until the end of next year to pass tests needed to maintain or upgrade their licences.
In acknowledging the backlog, the province has given novice drivers with licences expiring between March 1, 2020, and Dec. The Ministry of Transportation said that roughly 421,827 road tests have been cancelled due to the pandemic since March 2020.
And you know, I'm trying, trying and I just can't book it." "I find it very hard, because I want to be able to pass it. "It's a real struggle," Thakur said during a phone interview. Now, Thakur says she can't find a single road test appointment on the province's online portal all the way through to the end of next year. And she failed a test she managed to secure in September, leaving her hunting once more for an available exam. A test she later booked for January this year was scrapped because of a provincewide lockdown.
The Brampton, Ont., resident had a test scheduled to obtain her G licence in the spring of 2020, but that was cancelled when the pandemic hit. Anumeha Thakur has spent a large chunk of time during the COVID-19 pandemic trying to complete what used to be a relatively simple task – booking a driving test.