British Columbia Driving Commercial Vehicles 2026

Why the British Columbia handbook is worth reading once

Every question on the ICBC knowledge test comes from what Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) publishes in this handbook. Our 363 practice questions for British Columbia are written from it too, so reading it once and then testing yourself is faster than doing either alone.

Read it end to end once, then use practice questions to find the parts you have not absorbed.

What the British Columbia handbook covers

These 284 pages are the whole of what the test can draw on. Reading the list below is a quick way to find the parts you have not looked at yet.

• Commercial licence classes and the endorsements on top of them
• Medical requirements and how often you are reassessed
• Air brakes: the system, the checks and the warnings
• Pre-trip and en-route inspections
• Hours of service and logbooks
• Cargo securement, weights and dimensions
• Off-tracking, turning and reversing a long vehicle
• Downgrades, brake fade and mountain driving
• Transporting dangerous goods
• Impaired driving rules that are stricter for commercial drivers
• Sharing the road from a cab, and the blind spots a car cannot see

British Columbia test facts

Every figure here is Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)'s own for the ICBC knowledge test, not a national average. Provinces genuinely differ, and studying another province's number is a common way to fail.

Total questions

30 multiple-choice

Pass mark

80% (24 of 30)

Time limit

No time limit

Primary licence class

Class 1 (Tractor-Trailer)

Pre-licence training

Yes (MELT)

Administered by

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)

BAC limit

0.00 (zero tolerance)