ON Driver
The G2 is the second level of Ontario's graduated licensing, and you get it by passing the first road test, the G1 exit test (Get a G driver's licence: new drivers).
What a G2 driver may do
You practise with the G2 for 12 months (Get a G driver's licence). During that time you can drive without another experienced driver in the car, on all Ontario roads, and at any time of the day in most cases (Get a G driver's licence).
The two rules that stay
A G2 driver must still keep a zero blood alcohol level, and may carry only as many passengers as there are working seatbelts (Get a G driver's licence). The page lists both under "You must still:" (Get a G driver's licence).
Night passengers if you are 19 or under
If you are 19 or under, extra restrictions still apply (Get a G driver's licence). Between midnight and 5 a.m. you can only drive with one passenger who is 19 or under in your car, and that condition applies for the first six months of your G2 (Get a G driver's licence). After six months you can drive with up to three passengers 19 or under between midnight and 5 a.m. (Get a G driver's licence).
The condition does not apply in two cases (Get a G driver's licence):
- a fully licensed driver with four years plus experience is in the car (Get a G driver's licence);
- your passengers are immediate family members, such as a parent, a brother or a sister (Get a G driver's licence).
Getting the full G licence
The G road test comes after 12 months with a G2 and covers more advanced skills, such as driving on a highway; pass it and you get a full G licence (Get a G driver's licence). You have up to five years to finish the whole process, and after five years without a full G licence you have to start over (Get a G driver's licence). If your G2 licence is about to expire, you can take the G1 road test again and get five more years as a G2 to finish the process (Get a G driver's licence). At full-time DriveTest centres and temporary road test locations the G road test currently leaves out parallel parking, roadside stops, the three-point turn and driving in residential neighbourhoods, since the G2 test already covers them (Get a G driver's licence). Part-time Travel Point locations still give the standard G road test, and the shortened version still covers, among other things, major roads and expressways, merging on and off, speed and space, signalling, turns and lane changes (Get a G driver's licence).
Two things that also apply
A driver from a jurisdiction with no licence exchange agreement has to complete the vision test, the knowledge test and the G2 road test before moving on (Exchange an out-of-province driver's licence). A G2 holder also counts as a novice driver, so the demerit point penalties for new drivers apply at this level too (Understanding demerit points).