That means he must drive with a passenger who has four years driving experience and cannot drive on highways, among other conditions.

He got his G1 or beginner's licence just before COVID-19 took hold last year. The ministry said it will also add six temporary locations and offer road testing seven days a week where demand is highest, namely the Toronto area.īeckham moved home to Hamilton last year during the pandemic because Toronto was too expensive. It recently announced it would hire 167 additional driver examiners, and recruitment is underway with the goal to have everyone on board by September. Last fall it said it would hire 84 temporary driver examiners for its DriveTest centres, and has so far filled 35 of those positions. The ministry said it has invested $16 million to deal with the backlog. The Ministry of Transportation said 421,827 road tests have been cancelled since March 2020 due to pandemic-related lockdowns. The province resumed in-car driving tests on June 14, but the backlog to book a road test is staggering. The 25-year-old said he checked again Wednesday and the earliest slot available is January 2022. Beckham has tried to book a driving test in Ontario so many times he's memorized his 15-digit licence number.

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