Questions / Schools and lessons
Answer first · reviewed August 2026
What are the warning signs of a bad driving school?
Ontario flags guaranteed licences, cash-only demands without receipts, improperly equipped training vehicles and offers to certify hours you did not complete. Pressure, unclear pricing and repeated unexplained cancellations are also worth questioning.
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What to do
Verify approval, insist on receipts and a contract, and report suspected BDE fraud or serious instructor conduct through Ontario’s official complaint channel.
Easy to miss
The common trap
Ignoring a serious red flag because the test date is close or the package was cheap.
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How to practise it
Ask the same written questions of two or three approved providers. Comparable answers reveal far more than a star score floating without context.
When a rule, road sign or examiner instruction conflicts with an internet tip, use the official rule and the safe decision. The internet has many talents; wearing a reflective examiner vest is not one of them.
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