Topic '[poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected?' in forum 'Canadian Chat' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23292957 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:55:14 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:55:14 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23300431 --
Southern Ontario,Canada]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23300431 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:53:02 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23300363 said by J E F F:

said by Laidback:

said by J E F F:

i need my 'Z' endorcement....
New or renewal? If it's a renewal, you apparently can fax the paperwork in
It is a renewal but you need to do the written test to have it renewed. Since the DriveTest is closed, there are no written tests either. I am trying to find someone that can do it privately, but no luck yet.

We had a trucker in here a few weeks ago who was in the same predicament. He got his licence in the mail and because he could not do the written test he was dropped to a D licence.
He called the ministry and they gave him a number to fax and they sent him a temp renewal until the strike is over. If he is stopped, he has to show the paperwork he has. He did say it took a long time to get through on the fax.

I thought most of the driving schools had on site instructors who can give you the air test. I know the Ontario truck driving school in London use to do it.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23300363 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:32:09 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294911 said by Laidback:

said by J E F F:

i need my 'Z' endorcement....
New or renewal? If it's a renewal, you apparently can fax the paperwork in
It is a renewal but you need to do the written test to have it renewed. Since the DriveTest is closed, there are no written tests either. I am trying to find someone that can do it privately, but no luck yet.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294911 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:50:54 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294867 said by J E F F:

i need my 'Z' endorcement....
New or renewal? If it's a renewal, you apparently can fax the paperwork in ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294867 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:29:44 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294860 said by nitzguy:

Speaking of renewals, mine is up for renewal but I can go to our local Chamber of Commerce and pay there and get a new mug shot, yay!

So I guess it apparently doesn't affect me, so I selected No.
The strike doesn't affect registrations, renewals or plates. They are done in a separate office. This is just testing. The two functions were spun off each other years ago. The permit and registration function has always been privately contracted, and sometimes a means of political patronage or pork barrelling. Mind you, it also kept single parents working. I remember that in small towns you could go to someone's home, sit in their kitchen and get your fishing or hunting license. You paid your fee and the issuer kept part as commission.
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I believe the extension is granted until they do their driving test.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294788 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:32:38 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294490 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294490 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:39:55 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294414 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294414 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:01:52 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294354
Because I was born in November 1978 and not in January or February like my friends in the first year, it took me 4 years to get my full license (I could have got it sooner, but there was no real motivation to with the differences back in the day between G and G2...I wasn't driving at night and I never drink n drive...so...it was like having a G license in reality)..

Speaking of renewals, mine is up for renewal but I can go to our local Chamber of Commerce and pay there and get a new mug shot, yay!

So I guess it apparently doesn't affect me, so I selected No.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23294354 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:39:14 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23293545 said by bah kids :

kids can wait. Not like they have anything else to do.
This isn't something only kids get I hope you realize lol... some people decide on getting different license types too later on and they would be screwed right now as well :p.
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August 5th 1987. :p Since disco was in. :p
I do want to make a move on an M in the spring. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23293498 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:39:43 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23293433 said by dirtyjeffer:

said by mr weather:

No. I've been licenced since October 1988. ;)
August 5th 1987. :p
October 28, 1988. Two months to the day from when I got my "L" and that included driver's ed.

So if I understand things correctly, a separate third party is responsible for written and road tests? But no licence renewal, stickers, etc.?
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No. I've been licenced since October 1988. ;)
August 5th 1987. :p
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It was fun to watch the examiners fail people before they even left the lot (bad tires, extremely poor driving, etc.) and watch others cheat on the written test (such as the G1) via language translators. Such a circus! :uhh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23293086 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:22:56 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23293009 --
"It's all coming down!!" - Mike Holmes]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23293009 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:10:53 EDT Re: [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23292973
Have a couple friends it is affecting though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23292973 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:06:22 EDT [poll] DriveTest workers strike - Are you affected? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/poll-DriveTest-workers-strike-Are-you-affected-23292957
Simply curious to see how this poll turns out.
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