Windsor G2 road test: tips and what to expect

Updated October 2026

The G2 road test checks that you can handle everyday city driving safely on your own. At the Windsor DriveTest Centre on Dougall Avenue, the test stays on city and residential streets near the centre, with no expressway driving. Here is what to expect and how to get ready.

How the test works

You start and finish in the DriveTest parking lot. Before you move, adjust your seat and mirrors, fasten your seatbelt and shoulder check before pulling out of the spot. Drive slowly in the lot. Then the examiner gives you one instruction at a time; you won't be told the route in advance.

Windsor examiners use several different routes, and the order of the manoeuvres changes from test to test. That's why practising one path you've heard about isn't enough: you need to be ready for every turn and manoeuvre on every route the centre uses.

Manoeuvres to practise

• Left and right turns at traffic lights and at stop signs
• Lane changes, and moving back to your original lane
• A roadside stop: pull over, stop close to the curb, then rejoin traffic
• A three-point turn on a residential street
• Parallel parking behind a parked car
• Parking on a hill, facing uphill and facing downhill
• Reversing into a parking space back at the centre

What makes Windsor tests tricky

• Speed limits change street to street. Some streets near the centre are 40 km/h, others 50 or 60. Driving the wrong speed for the street is one of the easiest marks to lose.
• Busy multi-lane roads. You need to choose your lane early and listen carefully to lane instructions.
• Residential stop signs with parked cars. Stop fully at the line, then creep forward until you can see.
• Manoeuvres happen on quiet side streets you may never have driven before, so practise them in unfamiliar places too.

How to prepare in the last two weeks

1. Practise each manoeuvre until you can do it without thinking about the steps.
2. Say your checks out loud while you practise: mirror, signal, shoulder check.
3. Do full practice drives where someone gives you directions one at a time, like an examiner.
4. Read the common mistakes and the test day checklist.

What you get in the DriveTest Routes app

The app covers the parts this guide can't share publicly:

• 4 Windsor G2 routes used at the Dougall Avenue centre, turn by turn
• Spoken, examiner-style instructions in the order you'll hear them
• Exactly where each manoeuvre happens: the three-point turn, parallel parking and hill parking
• The speed limit for every street, with warnings if you drive too fast or too slow
• Local tips at the spots that catch Windsor drivers out
• Practise as a simulation at home, or follow along in your car with GPS