Sean_C
11-09-08, 07:54 PM
Just come across this on another forum. Quoted form www.mag-uk.org, I cut most of the self congratulating out..
Following two years of hard campaigning, the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has welcomed the official announcement of an eleventh-hour delay to the introduction of an extended practical test for new motorcycle riders.
Several large regions would have been left without any test facilities. Riders in many parts of the country faced journeys of several hours to reach a test centre.
Three out of four Driving Standards Agency (DSA) test centres are due to be sold-off to fund a small number of new "Multi-Purpose Test Centres" (MPTCs) capable of hosting the new test.
The regulations were due to be imposed at the end of September, but with less than half the test centres completed the new implementation date will now be Monday, March 30, 2009.
The move comes after the DSA came under pressure from motorcycle riders’ organisation MAG, working alongside organisations representing the rider training industry (MRTA), motorcycle industry (MCIA) and others.
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The whole thing has seemed like a shambles to me, maybe it's time to cut its losses and not bother. I didn't read muchof the MCN article, but from what I gather the whole thing is due to the EU being tougher, and demanding the emergency stop be carried out at 50kmh, which is faster than the 30mph speed limit allows. Making the need for off road test centers..
Following two years of hard campaigning, the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has welcomed the official announcement of an eleventh-hour delay to the introduction of an extended practical test for new motorcycle riders.
Several large regions would have been left without any test facilities. Riders in many parts of the country faced journeys of several hours to reach a test centre.
Three out of four Driving Standards Agency (DSA) test centres are due to be sold-off to fund a small number of new "Multi-Purpose Test Centres" (MPTCs) capable of hosting the new test.
The regulations were due to be imposed at the end of September, but with less than half the test centres completed the new implementation date will now be Monday, March 30, 2009.
The move comes after the DSA came under pressure from motorcycle riders’ organisation MAG, working alongside organisations representing the rider training industry (MRTA), motorcycle industry (MCIA) and others.
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The whole thing has seemed like a shambles to me, maybe it's time to cut its losses and not bother. I didn't read muchof the MCN article, but from what I gather the whole thing is due to the EU being tougher, and demanding the emergency stop be carried out at 50kmh, which is faster than the 30mph speed limit allows. Making the need for off road test centers..