AGE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum enrollment age to driver education program: 16 years

EDUCATIONAL SETTING

High schools

Home computer-based instruction

Other

Private driving schools

ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS

Course fees subsidized for students

High school student status

Must hold a valid Learner’s permit

Other requirements

Parent⁄guardian consent

Registration⁄enrollment fee

COURSE STRUCTURE - IN-CLASSROOM

Additional sessions available: Yes

Length of each session: 1 hour

Minimum total number of hours: 25 hours

Number of sessions: 30

COURSE STRUCTURE - IN-VEHICLE, ON RANGE-TRACK

Additional sessions available

Length of each session

Minimum total number of hours

Number of sessions

COURSE STRUCTURE - IN-VEHICLE, ON ROAD

Additional lessons available: Yes

Length of each session: 30 mins

Minimum total number of hours: 16 hours

Number of sessions: 20

COURSE STRUCTURE - DRIVING SIMULATOR

Additional sessions available

Length of each session

Minimum total number of hours

Number of sessions

COURSE STRUCTURE - PARENT-GUARDIAN SESSION(S)

Additional sessions available: Handout material

Length of each session

Minimum total number of hours

Number of sessions

CURRICULUM CONTENT

Basic driving procedures and manoeuvres

Braking

Crashes and injury prevention

Defensive driving

Driver communication skills

Driver distractions

Driver fitness to drive

Driver impairments

Driver observation skills ⁄ visual tracking

Driver psychology

Driver responsibility

Emergency situations ⁄ manoeuvres

Fuel efficient driving

Graduated driver licensing system

Hazard perception and recognition

Highway driving

Insurance

Lane changes ⁄ Safe passing

Legal awareness

Night driving

Parking

Pre-driving checks and procedures

Risk perception ⁄ management

Rules of the road

Sharing the road

Signs, signals, and road markings

Space management

Standard transmission: (optional)

Traffic and roadway conditions ⁄ environmental conditions

Turns and U-Turns

Vehicle control

Vehicle systems ⁄ parts and performance

COMPETENCY MEASURES - PRE-ASSESSMENT

In-classroom

In-vehicle

COMPETENCY MEASURES - INTERMEDIATE ASSESSMENT

In-classroom

In-vehicle

COMPETENCY MEASURES - FINAL EXAM

In-classroom

In-vehicle

INSTRUCTOR REGULATIONS (IN-CLASS)

Age

Certifications ⁄ designations: Must pass recognized driver training course and obtain driver training licence

Driver ⁄ Criminal record check: The Director may refuse to issue a license to any person who within five years previous to the date of the application:
• has been convicted of any offence under sections 68, 81, 82(3), 91, 176, 231, 232 or 239 of the Act;
• whose driver's license has been suspended, cancelled or revoked under the provisions of sections 261, 262 or 264 of the Act, the Demerit Point System Regulations or these regulations; or
• has been prohibited from driving or whose driver's license or privilege of obtaining a driver's license has
• been suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of the Act or the Criminal Code (Canada) (EC810/84)

Licence held: Holds a PEI operator's license valid for the year in which the application to give instruction is made; and holds a valid license for the class of vehicle for which they offer instruction

Minimum driving experience: Has been licensed as a vehicle operator in a Canadian jurisdiction for at least 5 years

TRAINING VEHICLE

Additional vehicle requirements

Automatic ⁄ manual transmission

Dual control brakes

Passenger restrictions

Required insurance: Motor vehicles provided by a driving school or an must have a motor vehicle liability insurance policy in an amount not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00)

Vehicle class used

Vehicle signage: The words “Driver Training” must be marked in letters at least 100mm in height in a manner approved by the Director, on both sides and at the rear of the vehicle

INSTRUCTOR REGULATIONS (IN-VEHICLE)

Additional regulations

Age

BAC level while instructing: 0.0 BAC

Certifications⁄designations: Must pass recognized driver training course and obtain driver training licence

Driver ⁄ criminal record check: Same as in-class instructors; see above

Licence held: Same as in-class instructors

Location in vehicle while instructing

Minimum driving experience: 5 years, same as in-class instructors

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

Successfully complete minimum in-classroom instruction hours

Successfully complete in-classroom evaluation

Successfully complete minimum in-vehicle instruction hours

Successfully complete in-vehicle evaluation

FOLLOWING PROGRAM COMPLETION

Driver Education certification issued to student

Insurance discount

Time-reduction in GDL program (number of months): 3 months

PRACTICE DRIVING (WITH PARENT-GUARDIAN)

Minimum practice driving hours

Maximum period to complete the practice hours

Practice hours recorded on a log sheet

SUPERVISOR (PARENT-GUARDIAN) REGULATIONS

BAC level while supervising: 0.05 BAC

Driver log

Licence held: Licence of class being learned

Location while supervising

Minimum Age

Time licensed: 4 years

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

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