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ICBC Road Test Checklist – Top 7+ Essential Items to Prepare

If you’re going for your ICBC road test soon, check out this ICBC Road Test Checklist. There’s nothing quite like being prepared for one of the most exciting days of your life (Okay, that was a little dramatic, but it might be true.)

Jump to a section of the ICBC Road Test Checklist, or just read through the whole thing to make sure you’re ultra-prepared. I hope that your road test day goes well!

• Accepted ID
• Fee for your road test
• Valid insurance and registration documents
• A safe vehicle

Identification

You need two (2) pieces of identification; one primary, one secondary.

Accepted Primary ID

• BC Drivers License or Learners License
• BC Services Card with photo
• BC Identification Card (BCID)
• Canadian Birth Certificate
• Canadian Citizenship Card/Certificate
• Canadian Passport
• ​Canadian immigration identification record
• Department of foreign affairs Identity Card
• ​Permanent resident card
• ​Secure certificate of Indian Status
• ​Student, work, visitor, or temporary resident permit

Accepted Secondary ID

• Bank card (with imprinted name and signature)
• Birth certificate from a foreign country
• Canadian Forces ID
• Correctional service conditional release card
• Credit card (with imprinted name and signature)
• Department of National Defence 404 driver’s license
• Driver’s license (Canadian or U.S.)
• Employee ID card with photo
• Foreign Affairs Canada or consular ID
• Health card issued by a Canadian province or territory (with imprinted name and signature and/or photo)
• Certificate of Indian Status
• Parole certificate ID
• Canadian, US, or foreign Passport (must not be expired)
• Pleasure craft operator (Boating license – Canadian)
• Police identification
• Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL)
• Social insurance card (newer cards without a signature strip are not accepted)
• Student card (school ID)

ICBC Road Test Checklist – Road Test Fees

ICBC Road Test Checklist Payment Methods

You can pay with:

• American Express
• Debit cards
• Personal cheques

ICBC Road Test Fees

• Class 7 or 8 – GLP Road Test (Graduated Licensing Program) – $35 (Seniors 65+ are Free)
• Class 5 or 6 Road Test- $50 (Seniors 65+ are Free)
• Motorcycle Skills Test – Free
• House Trailer Endorsement – $50
• Re-exams initiated by RoadSafetyBC – Free
• Class 1 Road Test – $60
• Class 2 or 3 Road Test – $50
• Class 4 Road Test (Restricted & Unrestricted) – $40
• Heavy Trailer Endorsement – $50
• Pre-trip inspection (same time as commercial road test) – Free
• Pre-trip inspection including air brake, taken separately – $20

There is a $25 road test cancellation fee if you do not cancel any booked road test within 48 hours.

ICBC Fees For Driver’s Licenses

ICBC fees for driver’s licenses and road tests are separate. So, before your road test, you will need to pay for the road test. And after the road test, you will need to pay for your new license when you pass.

• 5-year license renewal – $75
• 5-year license renewal for seniors 65 and older – $17
• Replacement license if lost or stolen, or upgrade – $17
• First 2-year license for non-learner drivers moving to BC – $31
• First 5-year novice license – $75
• 2-year license reinstatement – $31
• The fee for all knowledge tests – is $15
• Retests after learner expire – $15
• Seniors 65 years and older – Free
• Class 7 or 8 photo learner’s license, including renewal or replacement – $10

ICBC Commercial Road Test Fees

• Class 1 – $60
• Class 2, 3 – $50
• Class 4 Restricted – $40
• Class 4 Unrestricted – $40
• Heavy trailer endorsement – $50
• Pre-trip inspections with commercial road test – Free
• Pre-trip inspection with air brake, separate from road test – $20

Medical Exam Fee

• Class 1, 2, 3, 4 – $28
• Class 5 with endorsement 18, 19, or 20 – $28
• Voluntary worker’s commercial license – Free (Restrictions apply)

Valid Insurance & Registration Documents

Make sure your car insurance is valid, and that you have your vehicle registration documents in the vehicle with you.

Bring a Safe Vehicle

You must bring a safe vehicle for your ICBC road test. ICBC does not provide vehicles for road tests. Make sure you bring a vehicle that has a Canadian license plate.

You can bring any vehicle that you have permission and insurance to drive.

• You have enough gas/fuel
• Avoid Illegal or unsafe vehicle modifications
• You don’t have any dash warning lights (like the airbag warning light) that may affect the safe operation of your vehicle
• Make sure you don’t have any broken or cracked tail lights
• Ensure your signal lights or headlights are working
• Make sure your horn is working
• Check your seat belts aren’t frayed or not working
• Make sure your exhaust isn’t faulty
• Doors or windows need to be functioning properly
• Your tires must be safe and in good condition
• Make sure there are no cracks in your windshield
• Make sure you don’t have an illegally tinted windshield
• Vehicles must be clean and scent-free
• Remove any items that might affect health and safety
• If your vehicle isn’t safe or doesn’t meet legal requirements, your road test may be canceled

Top 11 Reasons Why ICBC Road Test Gets Cancelled Due To Vehicle Issues

• Windshields or windows that are cracked or illegally tinted
• Dash warning lights (airbag, brake light, battery/alternator light) that affect the safe operation of the vehicle (I think they let the ‘check engine light’ slide but don’t quote me).
• The seat belts are frayed or not working
• The brake lights on the vehicle, signal lights, or headlights are not working
• Brake lights, signals, and headlights have badly cracked or missing lenses
• The vehicle isn’t properly licensed or insured
• The vehicle has unsafe or illegal modifications
• The horn doesn’t work
• The tires are in bad shape
• The doors and/or windows aren’t working (for example, the door only opens from the outside)
• Gas tank (or electric charge) too low

Vehicles from Car Sharing or Co-Op Companies

You can use a vehicle from a car sharing co-op or another company. If you are not the named member, you need to provide a letter from the company.

This letter must be written on original letterhead and must be dated and signed by a representative.

You’ll need a new, updated letter for each road test attempt. This letter must indicate that you are authorized to use the vehicle for an ICBC road test.

• Only the driver and the driver examiner are allowed on a road test
• No one else is allowed into the vehicle including translators, children or infants

ICBC Road Test Checklist – Misc.

• Audio, video and other recording devices can’t be used during the ICBC road test
• You must turn off GPS and navigation systems
• Using any of these devices could lead to the cancellation of your ICBC road test
• Only the ICBC driver examiner and examinee are allowed on the road test. Other people are not allowed. This includes translators, family members, infants, and/or children
• Pets are not permitted on the road test or in the driver licensing offices
• Guide dogs and service dogs are permitted
• Emotional support animals are not permitted

Audio, Video, GPS On Your Road Test

Video, audio, and other recording devices can’t be used during the road test. GPS and other navigation systems have to be switched off. If you use these devices, your road test may be canceled.

You are allowed to use your car’s backup camera, but only as a supplementary tool. Examiners will still expect you to turn your head and look back while you are driving backward.

Road Test Tips

• Don’t speed
• Check for school and playground zones
• Before you turn right, shoulder check on your right to see if there are any road users, such as pedestrians or cyclists
• Make sure you stop completely at stop signs and red lights
• Mirror, signal, and shoulder check for any lane change or change of direction
• Always keep a good, safe distance from other road users
• Scan intersections before you go through them, even if the light is green
• Drive according to road conditions
• Read more on our blog: ICBC Road Test – 35+ Detailed Tips for Success

ICBC Road Test Checklist – COVID

• You can book your road test  online
• Masks are mandatory for all road tests
• Arrive on time
• Be prepared to answer the health screening questions
• Make sure to maintain a physical distance of 2m (6ft) from ICBC representatives whenever possible
• For motorcycle road tests, riders will not be provided PPE due to the nature of the test, however, they will be required to wear the safety vest that ICBC provides. It will be sanitized after each use
• COVID – Healthlink BC

Preparing for your ICBC road test?  Be sure to check out my epic article: ICBC Road Test Tips For Classes 5 & 7 [Instructor Gets Deep].

Related articles:

• Get Your FREE ICBC Abstract Online (Driving Records)
• ICBC Knowledge Test & Practice Test
• What is the Graduated Licensing Program?

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Carmen became a driving instructor in beautiful North Vancouver at the age of 22 due to some crazy people who agreed to hire her. After that, there was never a dull moment teaching many different folks from many different places how to drive using automatic and standard vehicles and a minivan.

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Pre and Post Trip Inspections

Minimum Trip Inspections

At minimum, trip inspections must include the brakes, steering, lights and reflectors, tires, horn, windshield wipers, mirrors, coupling devices, wheels and rims, emergency equipment and load security devices.

Written Reports

A written report of the inspection result is not mandatory unless the vehicle meets criteria listed in Division 25 or 37 of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations. These vehicles are generally heavy transports or those that carry passengers. When not required by law, company policy or personal preference may still dictate that a written report is prepared.

Good Idea Even if Not Required

Owners and drivers of light or non-commercial vehicles and their trailers would be wise to carry out the same inspections on their vehicles regularly as well. It may be a symptom of the heavier summer traffic, but I am seeing more disabled vehicles at the roadside lately. Perhaps an inspection may have prevented them.

• Pre- and Post-trip Inspections - Division 37.22 Motor Vehicle Act Regulations
• Trip Inspection Reports - Division 37.23 Motor Vehicle Act Regulations
• Interpretation: Division 25.01 and Division 37.01 Motor Vehicle Act Regulations

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Gvwr and inspections.

Should this not read "5500kg and over".  While not arguing the fact that a vehicle is required to be roadworthy, not all are required to have pre and post inspections.  When I insured my unit at 5001kg for business purposes, CVSE determined that a mandatory pre and post inspection was not required. 

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The pre-trip inspection is required for all trucks with a licenced GVW over 5000 kg GVW. A written report of that inspection is only required if you meet the criteria for it.

National Safety Code – Standard 13: Trip Inspection Reports

Practical solutions to pre- and post-trip inspections record keeping problems.

If there was a National Safety Code problem for record keepers, it would pre- and post-trip inspections. The driver may hand in the reports regularly and they may even appear to be completed properly, but was the pre-trip inspection actually done or was it just completed on paper/log? Now, this is not necessarily a problem for the record keeper as the report came in on time and appears to be completed properly, but when the truck gets pulled in a roadside inspection and fails, it may be a direct result of the driver not conducting proper trip inspections.

The other problem with pre- and post-trip inspections is that the driver may never have been trained to properly conduct the inspections, including what has to be checked. Drivers may have done a pre-trip inspection and passed at the Motor Vehicle Department of Driver Services with ICBC, but there has never been a mandatory retest for the driver.

Drivers should be refreshed on the trip inspections every three to four years to ensure they are conducting the pre-trip and post-trip inspections properly and checking the components properly. There has typically been an assumed level of knowledge for drivers and this is very dangerous.

Some questions to ask the drivers:

1. What is the proper measurement of the manual slack adjuster when you measure the stroke? 2. How would you adjust the slack adjuster if it were out of service? 3. How do you actually check the compressor? 4. How fast does a compressor have to build air pressure? 5. What is the maximum the air brakes system can leak and how does the driving test for that?

These are some basic questions, but there are very few professional drivers that can answer these questions. If they can, they are either a new driver that has just gone through the test or they have just been through a refreshers course.

Not convinced? Statistically, a truck or any vehicle that is not properly checked prior to the first use of the day is 90% more likely to have a breakdown or component failure within the first four hours than a vehicle that is properly checked at the beginning of the day. The vehicle that has been properly inspected will also almost always pass a roadside inspection.

As with all areas of the National Safety Code, carriers have to educate drivers continuously to ensure they can inspect the vehicle properly and articulate any deficiencies to the mechanical staff for proper repairs. It is up the carrier to have a well-informed staff. Make sure that the drivers have a good understanding of what is required on a pre-trip inspection and how often the pre-trip and post-trip have to be conducted. Also, remember that a driver must conduct a pre-trip inspection on the truck at the first rest break after midnight. This is the law. Trip inspection reports must be submitted within twenty days of when the pre-trip was completed. The trip inspection reports must be kept on file for 90 days in BC. A good practice is to purge the files after the 90 days to keep the records up-to-date. Remember that the only way a driver can defend the safety of the vehicle when it is on the road is to conduct a proper pre-trip inspection at the beginning of the day.

More National Safety Code blogs here .

For more information about the National Safety Code and course, registration visit the BC Trucking Association .

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Professional driver training can help you

learn how to operate a commercial vehicle safely

practice parking, driving in traffic and other maneuvers in a controlled, low-risk way, and

prepare for your pre-trip inspection and road test.

Where to take commercial driver training

Training is available at qualified B.C. driving schools and colleges. Some carriers also provide in-house training to their employees.

Air brake endorsements and training

To operate a vehicle equipped with air brakes on a highway (public road), you need a B.C. driver's licence with an air brake endorsement.

How to get an air brake endorsement

To get an "on-highway"  air brake endorsement  you must

be 16 or older

complete an air brake training course

pass a knowledge test, and

pass a pre-trip inspection test.

Have air brake experience?

In some cases, drivers with a lot of air brake experience, or mechanical trade qualifications, may not have to take an air brake course.

Air brake courses

Two types of air brake courses are available in B.C.: Driver-Certification and Standard.

Driver-certification air brake course

A certification course includes

seven hours of classroom theory, plus

four hours of training on pre-trip air brake inspections.

If you pass this course, you do not have to take the ICBC air brake pre-trip inspection test.

Standard air brake course

A standard course includes seven hours of classroom theory on air brake systems.

Training locations

Air brake courses are offered by

driving schools

community colleges, and 

companies that train their own employees.

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