LEVEL 1

For Automobile Drivers
In Level One as a novice driver, you can begin learning to drive cars, vans or small trucks. In Level One, six conditions help make your driving practice safer:

1.You must not drive alone. A licensed driver instructor or a fully licensed driver who has at least four years of driving experience must sit in the front passenger seat. Note: On an Ontario driver's licence, the photo of the licence holder with four or more years of driving experience has, under it, a red bar with four white dots. These are the only persons who can be in the front seat with you while you drive. This person's blood alcohol content must be less than .05 per cent, the legal suspension limit for fully licensed d`rivers.
2. You must ensure the accompanying driver is the only other person in the front seat.
3. You must not drink any alcohol if you are going to drive. Your blood alcohol content must be zero when you're driving.
4. You must not drive between midnight and 5 a.m.
5. Each person in the vehicle must have a seat belt, so everyone is protected and your vehicle is not over-crowded.
6. You must not drive on Ontario's "400-series" highways or on high-speed expressways such as the Queen Elizabeth Way, the Don Valley Parkway, the Gardiner Expressway and the E.C. Row Expressway. Your Driver's Handbook has a complete list of those highways.

Note: If your accompanying driver is a Driving Instructor in Ontario, you may drive on any road.

Level One lasts at least 12 months, but no more than 60 months. You can reduce that time to 8 months by completing a Ministry-approved driver education course (click here for more information about approved courses).
At the end of Level One, you must pass a road test to move to Level Two.