On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:54:23 +0100, Eiron <E1ron.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Currently in the UK one needs to take the CBT, Theory test + Hazard
>> Perception test and the in-depth practical test. And don't forget
>> that the power of the machine one passes the practical test on
>> dictates the maximum power of the machine they can ride.
>>
>> Very shortly new riders will need to take the CBT, Theory test +
>> Hazard Perception test and for the practical test it's a two part
>> 'off-road manoeuvres' test and then an on-road persuit test.
>
>This is bureaucracy gone mad. Is it really any safer than the old system
>where you were familiar with the highway code and skillful at riding
>up to 30mph by the age of 17 after several years of riding a pushbike,
>then you got a 250cc Superdream, and when you passed the test you bought
>a real motorbike?
Dunno, I didn't do it that way.
<hunts> Source
http://www.motorcycletrainingkent.com/Latest.htm :
Test fees will be going up to pay for the new test centres and longer
training courses are inevitable. All in all, it's going to cost a lot
more and be harder to get a bike licence.
There's only going to be a limited number of new test centres too,
with only 68 planned nationwide (and the number keeps shrinking).
So no more local test centres, maybe there'll be one in your county?
Tests will be harder, more people will fail, it'll cost (lots) more,
and the service will be much worse. No we're not happy but the battle
was lost in Brussels.
2) The new Off-Road Test in detail:-
All the areas / elements will be marked out / boxed, using different
colour cones on a tarmac'd yard measuring 40m x 120m.
a) You'll be asked to take the bike from the parking area to the test
start box. (You can push it or ride it over). You put the bike on the
stand, (sidestand or centrestand).
b) Take it off the stand, push it backwards in a circle into another
box and put it back on the stand.
c)Take it off the stand, ride the bike around a row of cones in a slow
speed slalom.
At the end of the slalom, you'll go into a figure of 8 around the last
2 cones. You do the figure of 8 twice.
d) Accelerate away, into a sweeping 180 degree 19m radius turn at
30Kph (19mph).
Accelerate out of the turn to at least 50Kph (31mph), then swerve
around more cones and brake into a controlled stop box.
e) You'll then do a U-turn within 7.5m width.
f) Then it's the slow ride, alongside the Examiner, at his walking
pace.
g) Accelerate away again, repeat the 180 degree turn and accelerate
out of the turn to reach at least 50Kph again. The Examiner will raise
his hand as the signal for an emergency stop.
The Examiner will then check the speed readouts and if you were fast
enough, that's the end of the off-road test.
If you were too slow on either of the speed measured elements you'll
be allowed to repeat them once more.
If you are judged "dangerously incompetent", your test ends there and
then.
3) Theory Test changes
Can now be booked on the Internet, there's a link on our Links page.
Do it now, it gets harder (from 35 to 50 questions and a higher pass
mark) and the price goes up as well, to £28.50.
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