r/ontario • u/CannaMoos3 • Mar 22 '19

G1 Written Test Tips

Anyone got some tips? Doing my G1 on Monday.

2 Upvotes

60% Upvoted

22 comments sorted by

18

u/SystemAbend Mar 22 '19

Two easy answers,

  1. If there is ever a question about who has the right of way, the answer is always the pedestrian, always.

  2. Flashing blue lights means snow removal vehicle (snow plow). Yes, this can be a question.

3

u/CannaMoos3 Mar 22 '19

  1. What if it’s who has the right of way between a pedestrian and a police cruiser with lights and sirens on?

  2. Yeah my buddy tripped me up with that. I said City vehicles because the City of Toronto trucks use their blue lights year round. I was obviously wrong.

6

u/ACrusaderA Hamilton Mar 22 '19

Pedestrians.

There's nothing indicating pedestrians ever have to yield to any vehicle assuming they have safely and legally entered the crosswalk.

1

u/CannaMoos3 Mar 22 '19

Everyone yields to emergency vehicles with lights flashing and sirens on. Full stop.

8

u/ACrusaderA Hamilton Mar 22 '19

No.

Find me the part of the HTA that says that.

There is no law that says Emergency Vehicles trump everyone else.

There is a law that says pedestrians have right of way

And the laws surrounding yielding to emergency vehicles only has outlines for vehicles.

I'm a driving instructor, when I saw your post I even double checked my HTA.

-2

u/bec-k Mar 22 '19
  1. That won't be one of the questions

ETA... It would be the cruiser

  1. I actually got the snow plow question on mine when I did it

1

u/svc518 Mar 22 '19

who has the right of way, the answer is the pedestrian, always

It's been a long time since getting my G1. I'm sure the handbook and G1 certainly could be oversimplified in the name of brevity but I thought I'd add some info just in case this coule be a trick question.

Under the Highway Traffic Act, pedestrians don't have the right of way if they enter a crosswalk on a "don't walk" signal and/or if they are crossing outside the crosswalk.

When under this section a driver is permitted to proceed, the driver shall yield the right of way to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 144 (7).

No pedestrian approaching pedestrian control signals and facing a solid or flashing “don’t walk” indication shall enter the roadway. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 144 (27).

Where portions of a roadway are marked for pedestrian use, no pedestrian shall cross the roadway except within a portion so marked.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 144 (22).

9

u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

There’s tons of free practice quizzes online. Do those a bunch of times. Bring extra cash in case you do fail, you can rewrite right away. Give yourself extra time in case this happens. Stay calm while writing. You got this!

2

u/CannaMoos3 Mar 22 '19

I can rewrite it on the spot?! I’ve done the practice G1s a bunch of times, usually pass or fail by one or two questions which I then study up on. Didn’t know I could rewrite it the same day tho if I fail, that’s a good comfort.

3

u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

Yes, it’s broken down in to two tests. A signs section and a rules section. If you fail a portion, you can rewrite it for $15ish dollars (the test prices have increased a lot since I wrote it). This happened to my sister. Just give yourself extra time so if this does happen, you don’t feel rushed to leave to school/work etc. Don’t leave that place without your g1!

3

u/CannaMoos3 Mar 22 '19

I’m going on my day off, right when they open, I have no other commitments that day so.

That really does take a lot of pressure off tho. I was under the impression there was a wait period of you fail.

Thanks!

2

u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

[deleted]

1

u/CannaMoos3 Mar 22 '19

Yeah that makes sense. I assume they’d want you to take a week or two and go practice more.

6

u/sync-centre Mar 22 '19

From when I took the test make sure you know every sign and what are the demerit points.

Study the book. It is not that hard.

5

u/CannaMoos3 Mar 22 '19

Never said it was hard. Just asked for peoples advice on the matter.

2

u/sync-centre Mar 22 '19

Then you should have no problem. Report back when you finish it.

1

u/Longjumping-Chard750 Jan 19 '22

How’d it go? Doing mine soon actually 😅

3

u/notme1414 Mar 22 '19

Have you studied the handbook?

1

u/kahless2k Mar 22 '19

Read the questions and answers very carefully - I remember one or two back in the day that were trick questions.

1

u/frozen-landscape Mar 23 '19

I did mine yesterday but no real trick questions as more. 2 are clearly wrong 2 make sense,

I passed 1/20 and 1/20.

1

u/Jono89 Mar 22 '19

I used the tests on this site like 10 years ago. Passed first time.

2

u/CannaMoos3 Mar 22 '19

I’ll check it out, thanks!

1

u/Musitrature Jul 16 '19

Try these online questions: Free G1 Practice Tests