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Alberta to change licensing program for new drivers in spring
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS, Sep 27, 2022 2:19 PM - REPORT AN ERRORA graduated driver's licence program in Alberta that has been in effect for the past 19 years is getting an overhaul.
Since 2003 new drivers in the province have faced a number of rules including zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol behind the wheel as well as a prohibition on unsafe driving.
Once they made it through the two-year probationary period they were then asked to spend 150 dollars to take a second, more advanced driving test to get a full licence.
The probationary period will continue but beginning next spring anyone who gets past the two-year period won't be required to take a second road test.
Alberta Transportation Minister Prasad Panda says it's a way of cutting red tape and saving drivers the extra cost.
Since the program began, drivers who made it past their probation and didn't take a second test have been allowed to continue driving with their graduated licences, and many do.
Panda says there are currently 700-thousand Albertans driving with graduated licences and some of them aren't that young anymore.
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