Delays as Drive-Test centres resume limited service
Supervisors managed to open limited testing at two Drive-Test centres in the GTA Thursday in the face of an 11-week strike by the examiners.
At the Brampton test centre, few applicants made it through the locked front door manned by security guards. Others left in frustration as a union picket line delayed cars entering the parking lot for up to 10 minutes.
Some people showed up hoping to be tested, unaware that only selected student truck drivers would get road tests.
When Drive-Test announced Wednesday some centres would reopen, managing director Paul Dalglish had said non-commercial drivers would be able to take their written tests, and out-of-province and international licence holders would be able to exchange them. A Drive-Test recording Thursday warned of long waits and no guarantees of service.
“There are limited resources and we need to get up and running first,” he said.
Vik Gandhi did manage to get through.
He had been waiting for four months since moving to Canada from New Jersey to replace his expired American drivers’ licence with an Ontario one.
His 20-minute car commute to work in Mississauga had turned into a journey of more than two hours involving three connections each way, he said.
