Devised by some paper-pusher who's never ridden, presumably.

Kevin

But some instructors say that if riders brake and swerve at the same time they are likely to come off, particularly in the wet

Not that anyone would do that on the old test 

Oddly, even though i learnt and passed in the winter it was always dry, just cold!

Have to agree though, car drivers get tests cancelled in snow, and wet weather is like snow to a car.

unlucky alf wrote on 26. May 2009 at 15:54:

Its an eu derived test

But you know that the next EU directive will be that all m/cycles have to have a ABS system fitted as standard  Like the system Honda have which my humble opinion is a total load of ****

TheBoy wrote on 26. May 2009 at 18:56:

The "computer" has already had it's ar$e kicked in the braking stakes when doing battle against pro drivers, although I do agree that ABS is something that should come as standard regardless if we are truly serious about "road safety"

TheBoy wrote on 26. May 2009 at 21:03:

Spot on 

Only a very small handful are in the same class as McGrath/Windham/Wey/etc.
The rest who think they are in the same class need the electronics, if for no other reason than to reduce the collateral damage when the inevitable happens.

TheBoy wrote on 26. May 2009 at 18:35:



When will the British Government have the Ball's to tell the EU to get lost interfering with all of our laws.

If they made sense it wouldn't be so bad, but some of the things that are coming out of it are utter waste of time, look at the time with such things as Banana's too stright or potato's too small ??  .

Where's it end ??.

And as for the KPH measurement, it'll be here at some point. Dare say the British government are looking at a back door way of sneaking it in, probably have a trial run with some county/area near the Euro tunnel ?.
Any of you think they won't change the signs to KPH as it's too expensive, look at the money they were going to plough into the I.D. card system for everyone, there wound'nt be that many signs to change in comparison ?.    .

If they want to make biker's safer on the roads, think they're should be more bike awareness in the driving test for car drivers, both paper and practical. Perhaps even insisting that drivers take a kind of 'moped' CBT.
Might may people aware of how the rider worries about being knocked off by car drivers, and why is it when there's an accident involving a bike, they always say there's been a bike accident - that inplies that it's the riders fault, when facts always show the majority of the time its the car drivers fault.

There was an accident here whereby there were roadworks, a bike was correctly riding through them, a car driver couldn't be bothered to wait in the cue, does an unexpected U-turn, result = Rider gets thrown off his bike and losses a leg !.

I know how it feels, as I've riden a bike and now drive a car (got a motorbike trike also), so I can simpathise with riders.

Anyhow, sorry all for the bit of rant - Aimed at the government and the EU.

Nuff said !.

M