Update on New “New Test”
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Further to their “Consultation Document” the DSA are going ahead with their changes to the motorcycle test.
Their new “new test” is now to commence on 27th April, with bookings available from 30th March, after which it will be necessary to first take and pass the initial “off road” test at one of their official “Off Road Manoeuvring Areas”
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Having succeeded with this you can then book your “On Road Test”, not necessarily at the same “Driving Test Centre” because with splitting the test it has been decided to offer the “On Road” part at a number of the older Driving Test Centres as well as at the new MPTC’s.
As can be seen from the maps, if you live to the North of the Hull to Liverpool line, cover for the first part of the test is “sparse” and you are still faced with a l-o-n-g ride to a Test Centre but things are a little better for the second part.
So the procedure to a Full motorcycle licence after taking a CBT will be to :-
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Book and pass a “Written Theory Test”
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Book and pass an “Off Road Manoeuvring Test”
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Book and pass a “Practical On-Road Riding Test”
In spite of a majority of the Consultation’s replies being to the contrary the DSA still intend to raise the test fee, so that the fee will have increased for a motorcycle test by 52% while in the same period the car test fee will only have increased by 12.5%.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get a pay increase of 12.5% this year, never mind one of 52%! it’s better than working for a Bank!