About 500,000 Alberta drivers are set to automatically exit the province's Graduated Driver's License (GDL) program.
The process started back on April 1 as eligible GDL drivers were able to head to a registry office and exchange their GDL license for a non-GDL license free of charge.
Now that the interim period has ended, those who want to exchange their GDL license will have to pay registry fees to do so. If not, the license will be changed the next time you renew it.
During that interim period, about 150,000 drivers exited the program.
"GDL was an expensive, duplicative licensing scheme that discriminated against good young drivers," said Devin Deeshen, the Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors. "There are 500,000 young Albertans with clean driving records who would need to pay $154 and waste their time to take another driving test."
"Alberta’s government will continue to make common-sense rules and make life more affordable for Albertans.”
Drivers eligible to move out of the program must have completed their 24-month driving period and have no suspensions or demerits within their last 12 months of probation.