MPI adding summer Driver Z capacity across the province
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Manitoba Public Insurance has announced it is doubling the number of Driver Z student spots available across the province this summer from 600 to 1,200.
As well, MPI will be offering Class 5 road tests, which are needed to drive a passenger vehicle, at its Main Street Service Centre in Winnipeg on the last Saturday of each month, starting June 27.
The Driver Z (sounds like driver’s-ed) course is $50 for high school students; MPI covers the rest of the cost, estimated at more than $600.
The MPI head offices in downtown Winnipeg (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
The course is normally 12 weeks in length, but during summer it is condensed to 2 1/2 weeks, which include both in-car lessons and virtual classroom sessions. Both day and evening classes will be offered starting in July.
To sign up, students have to visit a MPI service centre or Autopac broker by May 9 to purchase the driver education service.
Dana Frazer, MPI’s vice-president and chief operations officer, said summer is a popular time for teens and other Manitobans to get their licences.
“That’s why we’re expanding availability of Driver Z courses and offering more road tests throughout the summer, to give customers better access to the training support they’re looking for,” Frazer said in a statement.
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Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
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