It’s today! We’re now open in Sainte-Julie!
We’re OPEN in Sainte-Julie! 801, de l’Abbé-Théoret Ave., Suite 7, Sainte-Julie, J3E 1N8 450-922-5757 We, my partner Allan Pearce and I, are very proud to be able to welcome you closer to home, in Sainte-Julie, in our third school in Montérégie! We’re proud that our determination to provide top-notch teaching and excellence in service is […]
Sainte-Julie opens MONDAY JUNE 13!
Sainte-Julie: it’s Monday! On June 13, at Noon, we will proudly open the doors of our brand new and third school in Montérégie! Strategically located by a major crossroad – that of Highways 20 and 30-, our new Sainte-Julie school is easy to access and will be able to serve everyone in the whole eastern […]
We’re expanding!
Next step: Sainte-Julie Pro Conduite continues to expand! A new school is coming soon in Sainte-Julie. Located at the junction of highways 20 and 30, the Sainte-Julie school will be a great solution for everyone in the area. So if you live around Sainte-Julie, like in Longueuil, Boucherville, Saint-Amable, Varennes, Beloeil, McMasterville, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Saint-Mathieu de […]
New Motorcycle Site and New English Site!
Lots of new things! We are very happy to welcome you on our new English site! Our English site 2016 is a year for expansion at Pro Conduite and on top of the addition of the Brossard driving school to our family of driving schools, we finally put online our English website to better serve […]
Welcome to Pro Conduite Brossard
Pro Conduite has a new driving school in Brossard École de conduite Brossard Inc. is now part of the Pro Conduite banner and family of driving schools. It happened on November 9, and if you didn’t notice, it’s because we didn’t change any staff nor the school’s normal way of doing business. Now with two […]
Which car has priority right of way at crossroads?
Good question! When you get to a crossroads with 4 stops, like the one on the illustration, here are the rules that apply: 1: The first car to arrive should be the first to leave 2: If two cars arrive at the same time, the one on the rightmost position has priority.
Insolite
“Des noms de lieux qui font sourire” Tiré du journal de Montréal le 22 octobre 2014, voici quelques noms cocasses et leur signification.
A Useful Traffic Light
Did you see our new Traffic Light? On February 15, 2015, Pro conduite acquired a remarkable item: our very own Trafic Light at the Saint-Constant school! Ok, it’s not just hedonistic. It is very visibly useful: Red Light The school is closed. Yellow Light The Office is closed but there are courses being given = […]
How to make a Stop
A simple but efficient protocol When getting near a crossroad – the most frequent being those with 4-stops, many don’t really know where to stop and when to start moving again after stopping. Here is how to do it: Visually survey the road in a way that allows you to see as wide and as […]
Driving a manuel transmission car
The Manual Transmission Car Many of you were asking us to give Manual Transmission Car driving lessons. Well, we are granting you your wishes. We recently acquired a new car that you will be able to use to learn how to drive a manual transmission car – and it won’t cost you a penny more! […]
Starting your car in cold weather
The tricks you need to know We live in Quebec, where winters are very cold, and that does impact how our vehicles behave. Here are a few neet tricks and valuable info so that your car will start even when it’s really cold. Battery Of course, the car battery plays a major role in starting […]
Demerit points
How does it work? You need to remember that the SAAQ decides and manages a demerit points system applicable to all licence holders. The number of points varies with the type and seriousness of offences or infractions to the Highway Safety Code (or under a municipal by-law, provincial or federal statute or a regulation concerning road […]
Demerit Points vs Offences
Number of demerit points you can get for various offences Here are two tables indicating the number of demerit points you can be given for various frequent offences. Speeding Speeding Offences Demerit Points Travelling over the statutory or posted speed limit Zone of 60 km/h or less 60 km/h to 90 km/h zone 100 km/h zone or more by […]
You want to keep your driver’s licence as long as possible?
Easy: take care of yourself! To be able to keep your drivers licence as long as possible, there are some basic rules you might want to follow: Take care of your health Listen to your body Adapt your driving to the effects aging is having on your body Keep up-to-date in terms of road safety […]
Your health and your driver’s licence
Health and driver’s licence If the SAAQ requires a medical and visual assessment at 75, 80 y.o. and every two years afterward to renew your driver’s licence, it can also suspend or even cancel your licence, whatever your age, based on your medical condition, or require that such assessments be performed more frequently. n fact, […]
Driving after 75 y.o.
Visual and Medical Evaluation Many reasons may bring the SAAQ to require you to pass a medical or visual examination, whatever your age, as a condition for you to keep your driver’s licence. However, the law stipulates that if you hold a Class 5, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D or 8 licence, you must pass a […]
Evaluate your skills
Everything changes Nowadays, everything changes really fast. The Highway Safety Code and Road Safety Regulations change too, sometimes very quickly. So if you obtained your driver’s licence, say, 5 or 10 years ago, chances are your knowledge or skills are not up-to-date and that you’re missing on important information. But how would you know? Well, […]
The Uneasy Conversation about the Effects of Aging on Driving
Some topics never get easier We’re all responsible for making the right decisions when aging starts affecting driving or worse, makes it dangerous. However, most frequently, it’s people around the driver or the driver’s loved ones that are likely to notice the first signs that something has changed or has gone wrong. That’s when you […]
How do you know if aging is affecting your driving?
That, is an important question! The truth is, aging and it’s impact on our healt become obvious at various ages and that depends on very many factors. In other words, it’s hard to predict exactly when someone’s driving will become less safe – age alone is not enough. Revealing symptoms But here are tell-tale signs. […]
Seniors on the road – the France connection
The French (France) have gotten rid a while ago of prejudice about seniors and driving. Here is what we find as an introductory statement on the website of their Road Safety Association: Other excerpts are just as interesting on that site: So what should you do, according to the French, to keep driving safely as […]
Speed
Do you really “get” the equation between speed and your security? The Institut national de sécurité publique du Québec (INSPQ) published in 2005 – that is, before driving lessons were made mandatory again – a huge report on the relationship between speed and the number and seriousness of accidents, and the number of serious injuries […]
The various classes of driver’s licences
8 Classes in all In Quebec, there are eight different classes of driver’s licence that correspond to various types of vehicles and the various uses of vehicles. The two most common are Class 5 – Passenger Vehicles, and Class 6, which covers motorcycles, moped and scooters. Here are all the Classes (those in bold can […]
Julie
Because it’s always nice It’s always nice to be given an appreciative testimonial by our clients and students. At the end of each course, we ask our students to evaluate our performance and the form we give them to do it allows them to remain anonymous, because we want them to feel at ease to […]
Welcome to our new English Site!
Hello and Welcome in our new English site! We have worked hard to bring you a site that we hope will become your go-to place to get information on driving, and learning driving. And now we have this English version, finally! Whatever your age or your experience as a driver, whether you are a parent, […]
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It’s today! We̵...
We’re OPEN in Sainte-Julie! 801, de l’Abbé-Théoret Ave., Suite 7, Saint... -
Sainte-Julie opens MONDAY...
Sainte-Julie: it’s Monday! On June 13, at Noon, we will proudly open the doors ... -
We’re expanding!...
Next step: Sainte-Julie Pro Conduite continues to expand! A new school is coming so...