Could You Pass a 2008 Ontario Drivers Test? #1 Quiz

Answer: 3 metres

I sometimes have difficulty judging distance quickly, so if the only parking spot available is near a fire hydrant I try to leave a space that is two vehicles long (I drive a mini van). A metre, is roughly, a little longer than three feet, so three metres would be close to ten feet. If you are caught parking to close to a fire hydrant you can be fined, to provide a bit of a parameter about this offense.

In Toronto, in 2008, a fine for parking to close to a fire hydrant can cost you up to $250.

Answer: You will have better visibility on the road.

In the handbook there is a list of several things that you can do when driving in fog to increase your safety. Fog like any other type of bad weather requires the driver to slow down and do everything possible to remain safe on the road. Using your low-beams is just one way to achieve this, although it is not a guarantee, your high-beams will make it harder to see in bad weather.

The light from your high-beams will reflect off of the fog making it seem much thicker and it is harder to see clearly.

Answer: Right turn

In February of 1928 Carter Lucious patented the vehicle hand signals, which at the time were commonly used because turn signal lights were not generally added to vehicles until 1939. These hand signals are still commonly used on bicycles and are accepted in vehicles in the event of failure to the vehicles signal lights.

Answer: Up to $500

In Ontario if you need to be exempt from wearing a seat belt you require a medical certificate saying that you can not wear a seat belt and you must carry it on you when ever you ride in a vehicle. The amount of the fine is subject to the discretion of the officer writing the ticket. In 2006 Ontario's fines for the "One person, one seat belt" law were anywhere between $60 and $500, although motorists need to pay attention to any changes in these laws.

Answer: Nine o'clock and three o'clock.

It is strongly recommended that you keep two hands on the steering wheel whenever possible so that you can control your vehicle better. In the "Driver's Handbook" it recommends you pull over if you want to eat, use the cell phone or anything else that may require you to remove your hands from the wheel unnecessarily.

Answer: Right lane

According to the drivers handbook you are to stay in the right lane at all times except for passing, making left turns or unless it is indicated that you drive in the left lane. When you enter the left lane to pass a vehicle, once you have safely passed the vehicle you are supposed to re-enter the right lane.

Answer: Treat it like a four way stop/all way stop.

Power failures do occur and often when this happens the police will have a officer at the intersection to direct traffic. If there is no officer present you are to treat a blacked out traffic light like a all way stop, the first one there has the right away and if two approach at the same time always yield the right away to the person on your right. Also in a situation like that I would advise you to use extreme caution.

Answer: 0%

A new driver must be sober every time they get behind the wheel of a vehicle, their blood alcohol level is zero. The licensed driver in the vehicle with them should also be sober but the law allows that person to have a blood alcohol level of 0.05%. Ontario has implemented new laws that are harder on offenders, in 2007 these laws were put into effect and have been enforced.

A drunk driver can lose their license, have their vehicle impounded, be given a large fine and be charged.

Answer: $1000

Any accident in which there are injuries to any of the occupants involved must be reported. Also the first person at the scene of the accident or to witness the accident must stay by the accident until the police arrive. In a accident if the estimated value of the damage done is under $1000, then it does not have to be reported but if anyone present wishes to report the accident they may do so. All that is really required under these circumstances is that the drivers exchange information; names, license plate numbers and address.

Answer: Second-hand smoke.

On the 18th of June, 2008 it became illegal to smoke in a car if there are minors riding in it. If a motorist is caught smoking with children under the age of 16 years in the vehicle they can receive a fine of up to $250 (this amount is subject to change).

This law is to protect children from being exposed to harmful second-hand smoke. So it does not matter if the vehicle is moving or not, nor does it matter if you have all the windows open, you must now get completely out of the vehicle in order to have a cigarette.