Progressive Driving School

04/01/2022

We’re sending a clear message to dangerous drivers: there’s no place for you on our roads.

Starting today, if you’re convicted of stunt driving, you must complete a driver improvement course or your driver’s licence will be cancelled.

Learn more: https://www.ontario.ca/page/speeding-and-aggressive-driving

11/27/2021

Do you have a G1 or G2 licence? If your licence expires between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2022, your licence will be extended to December 31, 2022.

Learn about the new renewal dates for driver's licences, vehicle and carrier products and other documents with expiry dates that were extended due to the COVID-19covid 19 pandemic.

09/13/2021

Ontario is reinstating renewal requirements for driver’s licences, licence plate stickers and other products.

Learn more: ServiceOntario.ca/Services

Ontario is reinstating renewal requirements for driver’s licences, licence plate stickers, Ontario Photo Cards, Ontario health cards, and other products.

Renewing online is fast, easy, and convenient.

Learn more: ServiceOntario.ca/Services

09/07/2021

https://www.ontario.ca/page/renewal-requirements-driver-vehicle-carrier-products-other-documents-extended-covid-19

Learn about the new renewal dates for driver's licences, vehicle and carrier products and other documents with expiry dates that were extended due to the COVID-19covid 19 pandemic.

07/03/2021

New penalties for stunt and aggressive driving have now taken effect in Ontario:

06/16/2021

For all enquiries regarding our in-car vehicle training and in-class courses, please visit our website for the most recent updates:

At Progressive Driving School, Thunder Bay's most popular driving school for over 20 years, we take pride in knowing that students of our program graduate with much more than the basics of operating a vehicle safely.

05/27/2021

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-57242628

Learners are on waiting lists for lessons as instructors struggle to meet the post-lockdown demand.

04/30/2021

This is one of the components taught in our in-class under Insurance modules.
People that order food delivery service's which is very popular and convenient, may be contributing to this problem. Restaurants who offer this service and have their name on the vehicle will have the proper commercial or business insurance coverage. The individuals who use their own vehicles to deliver for certain popular delivery companies in most cases, don't have commercial coverage. This would be too expensive for most who deliver food using their own vehicle.
Some drivers don't even know (or want to know) they require it just to deliver food.
Who cares you say. But what if you are in a collision with a pizza delivery driver and they are not properly covered, just like in the story, we all suffer through higher insurance rates, which in Ontario, are the highest in Canada:

Read the full story and comment on Tbnewswatch.com

04/02/2021

As part of the Provincewide Shutdown, Ontario has cancelled all in-vehicle passenger tests provincewide effective April 3, 2021.

For information about DriveTest services available during the Provincewide Shutdown, visit:

DriveTest Centres offer driver licensing and examination services, such as knowledge tests and road tests, on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation (MTO).