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West Coast Driver Training & Education Inc. is an ICBC licensed Driving School based in Duncan, British Columbia and in and Saanich, B.C.. We are currently licensed by ICBC to provide instruction in B.C. Drivers’ License Classes 2,3,4,5 and 7. We are also licensed by ICBC to teach Air Brake Instruction Courses. and to certify clients on the Air Brake Pre Trip portion of the Air Brake Endorsement.

Our next Air Brakes Course will be in Nanaimo on 7-8 December 2024.   Our next Air Brakes Course after that will be in Nanaimo in January 2025.

We do business under the name West Coast Driver Training and we service Duncan, the Cowichan Valley,  Victoria, Nanaimo and, on special request, Courtenay. Lorne Bunyan, who used to own and operate Cornerstone Driving School on Salt Spring Island, now teaches for West Coast Driver Training on Salt Spring Island.

The Owner and Chief Instructor at West Coast Driver Training is Mark Anderson. He can be contacted by phone or text at 250-732-8093 or by email at mark@westcoastdrivertraining.com

Mark Anderson, Chief Instructor at West Coast Driver Training & Education (photo by Lexi Bainas - Cowichan Valley Citizen)
Mark Anderson, Chief Instructor at West Coast Driver Training & Education (photo by Lexi Bainas – Cowichan Valley Citizen)

Mark has decades of professional driving experience operating tractor trailers, tour buses, transit buses and automobiles. After retiring from BC Transit in Victoria he taught for Young Drivers of Canada in Nanaimo and Duncan for 18 months before starting West Coast Driver Training & Education Inc. He is licensed by ICBC to teach Class 1 MELT, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4 Restricted and Class 4 Unrestricted, Class 5, Class 7, Air Brakes and GLP.

We are currently offering Class 2, Class 3, Class 4 Restricted, Class 4 Unrestricted, Class 5 and Class 7 instruction in Duncan and the Cowichan Valley, Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Victoria and Salt Spring Island.

As far as we know, West Coast Driver Training is the only Driving School on Vancouver Island currently offering training in Class 4 Unrestricted.

We also offer Air Brakes Courses.

Our next Air Brakes Course will be in Nanaimo on 7-8 December 2024.  Our next Air Brakes Course after that will be in Nanaimo in January 2025.

Erica Winter is the new Office Manager for West Coast Driver Training. She will be handing all the lesson scheduling. (photo: West Coast Driver Training]
Erica Winter is the new Office Manager for West Coast Driver Training. She will be handling all the lesson scheduling. (photo: West Coast Driver Training]

Erica Winter, M.Ed., is our Office Manager and Director of Education.

She will be handling all our office administration, including lesson scheduling, as well as developing our proposed Graduated Licensing Program classroom course for new drivers and our proposed Driving Instructor Training Course, both of which we hope to have ready for approval by ICBC later this year.

Erica can be contacted by email at erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com or by phone/text at (250)709-3910.

Our Training Vehicles

We offer Class 3 Automatic, Class 4 Unrestricted, Class 4 Restricted, Class 5 and Class 7 training with our 2018 Toyota Corolla our 2020 Toyota Prius Prime, and our 2021 Toyota Corolla Hybrid. With the gas powered 2018 Toyota Corolla, 2021 Toyota Corolla Hybrid and hybrid/electric 2020 Toyota Prius Prime we can offer our students training on all three leading technologies: gas, hybrid and electric. We offer Class 3 Automatic on our 2016 Mack Pinnacle. We also offer Class 4 Unrestricted lessons on our Ford E450 20 seat bus.

Our 2018 Toyota Corolla parked outside the Starbucks / Chapters, Woodgrove Centre, Nanaimo, B.C. (photo: West Coast Driver Training & Education Inc.)
Our 2018 Toyota Corolla parked outside the Starbucks / Chapters, Woodgrove Centre, Nanaimo, B.C. (photo: West Coast Driver Training & Education Inc.)
Our 2020 Toyota Prius Prime is now available for lessons (photo: West Coast Driver Training)
Our 2020 Toyota Prius Prime is now available for lessons (photo: West Coast Driver Training)
Our 2021 Toyota Corolla Hybrid at the ICBC Driver Lincensing office, Nanaimo, BC (photo: West Coast Driver Training)
Our 2021 Toyota Corolla Hybrid at the ICBC Driver Licensing office, Nanaimo, BC (photo: West Coast Driver Training)

For Class 4 Unrestricted lessons we use a Ford E450 20 seat bus (originally BC Transit bus No. 2189).

Our Ford E450 20 seat bus, formerly BC Transit bus 2189, is available for Class 4 Unrestricted training. [Photo: West Coast Driver Training]
Our Ford E450 20 seat bus, formerly BC Transit bus 2189, is available for Class 4 Unrestricted training. [Photo: West Coast Driver Training]
We have recently acquired a 2016 Mack Pinnacle for teaching Class 3 automatic. This 2016 Mack Pinnacle is now ready for Class 3 automatic lessons.

Our 2016 Mack Pinnacle at Mark's Instant Sign Shop after having our corporate decals applied, February 2024 [photo: West Coast Driver Training]
Our 2016 Mack Pinnacle at Mark’s Instant Sign Shop after having our corporate decals applied, February 2024 [photo: West Coast Driver Training]
We also have a Mack Vision day cab equipped with a 13 speed Eaton Fuller manual transmission. We are currently using this truck for Air Brake Courses. We are not currently offering Class 1 instruction since potential clients are having trouble affording the cost of the MELT program required by ICBC since October 2021. We suggest that those wanting Class 1 training contact CSTT Driving School in North Saanich.

Our Mack Vision day cab which we use for Class 3 training.
Our Mack Vision day cab which we use for Air Brakes Courses..

Here are some links to Frequently Asked Questions:

 B.C. Drivers License Written Tests

Here are links to some practice tests for B.C. Drivers Licenses knowledge tests.

B.C. Motor Vehicle Act

ICBC

 

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