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:Dhi, guys :cool:
I wondered, if I have full A license, do I have to repeat theory test for car and pay again for it?? or can I just go for B practical test...~???
I have to buy additional transport (car), for private reasons.....:o
(this is why im interested of doing B license hehe)
But, don't worry I still stay with bikes....;)
THANKS
timwilky
12-10-09, 10:47 AM
My understanding is the theory tests are class specific, so you will need to do the car one despite having a full bike licence
nope you need to do a theoryas they are different. Had a full B for years when done my bike test still had to d oa theory for it.
plowsie
12-10-09, 10:54 AM
The above is true.
Owenski
12-10-09, 11:02 AM
My understanding is the theory tests are class specific, so you will need to do the car one despite having a full bike licence
Leedsmatt has rated this the most useful answer. 5/5 Stars
squirrel_hunter
12-10-09, 12:18 PM
Yes and no...
Having just gone through the pain a learning to drive 4 wheels I enquired with the DVLA to be sure and was told that:
If you have held a full category A motorcycle licence which was issued before 01/02/01 and now want to gain a full category B, B1 will show on your licence and a theory test will not be required.
Fortunately my licence was issued before 2001. Unfortunately my B1 entitlement mysteriously vanished, so I had to waste my time doing the Theory and Hazard Perception tests.
barwel1992
12-10-09, 01:15 PM
hmm intresting that the car and bike thory test that i took in april ask car and bike questions and my GF thats doing her car test got exactly the same lot of questions that i did also the hazard preception is exactly the same
Dave20046
12-10-09, 01:21 PM
Yes and no...
Having just gone through the pain a learning to drive 4 wheels I enquired with the DVLA to be sure and was told that:
Fortunately my licence was issued before 2001. Unfortunately my B1 entitlement mysteriously vanished, so I had to waste my time doing the Theory and Hazard Perception tests.
That's ****ing ridiculous, you would have thought someone that's read the highway code in the last 8 years would be exempt from doing a repeat theory test not the other way round!
I had to do 2 theory tests within months of each other one for car one for bike and on the bike test there was one question different (motorbike related). Another £50 to the DSA :rolleyes:
hmm intresting that the car and bike thory test that i took in april ask car and bike questions and my GF thats doing her car test got exactly the same lot of questions that i did also the hazard preception is exactly the same
I've done both the theory and hazzard perception tests for the car licence and bike licence...and suprise suprise it seemed all the same to me!
Dave20046
12-10-09, 04:52 PM
I've done both the theory and hazzard perception tests for the car licence and bike licence...and suprise suprise it seemed all the same to me!
Surprisingly the hazard perceptions are the same too, according to the DSA motorcycle rider's and car drivers have exactly the same hazards to consider :rolleyes:
Word to the wise though I got nearly full marks on the hazards perception whilst drunk - only just scraped a pass while sober.
:drink: ;)
My understanding is the theory tests are class specific, so you will need to do the car one despite having a full bike licence
very true i've done three, THREE!!! bike, cage and HGV :rolleyes:
I thought it was a joke too went in the room took all of 5 mins doing the theory then went through the hazard perception, when i came out the staff member seemed shocked that i was out so quick. I can maybe see them making you do the hazard perception bit if you've never done it before but the questions are a joke to anyone thats been riding or driving for a few years
7755matt
12-10-09, 10:18 PM
Weird
Quote:
Originally Posted by DVLA
If you have held a full category A motorcycle licence which was issued before 01/02/01 and now want to gain a full category B, B1 will show on your licence and a theory test will not be required.
When I did my bike test I had a car licence well before 2001 and had teh bike provisional entitlement and STILL had to do theory
Graciepants
12-10-09, 10:30 PM
what i was most upset was, that when i did my theory test for the car, i only had to do 35 questions and a hazard perception, and then for the bike, i had to do 50 questions and the hazard perception!! and it had gone up by £10!
squirrel_hunter
13-10-09, 12:01 AM
Weird
Quote:
Originally Posted by DVLA
If you have held a full category A motorcycle licence which was issued before 01/02/01 and now want to gain a full category B, B1 will show on your licence and a theory test will not be required.
When I did my bike test I had a car licence well before 2001 and had teh bike provisional entitlement and STILL had to do theory
The biggest problem is the DVLA don't know their own rules. Because I had my bike license since 1999 I thought I wouldn't need to do the theory again, but the issue of the B1 showing came up and because it had disappeared I had to do it again.
The quote was from an email that they sent. I phoned to query and someone from up high ended up phoning me back the next day as they had to 'look into the situation'. This is not the first time the DVLA couldn't give a consistent answer on a licensing matter.
But if you had a full cat B before 2001 then I think as that doesn't give you provisional A then you would have had to do the theory test again. It was only full cat A (bike) that gave provisional B1 (car).
It would appear that Golop like me is in the small group of people that have a full bike license before learning the cage. My cage instructor had to call the DVLA to make sure he could teach me as in all his years he'd never been handed a pink license without a picture of a car on it.
To be honest with You mates its all about money, because I rewieved theory test book for cars,
and questions are almost or rather the same as Ive done my theory test on bike...:confused:
I dont mind to go there and pass this test...however,
I dont want to pay money for smth Ive done before....Beaurocracy!!! :mad:
OK, so I understand that I will have to go for this (****) theory test anyway...and even then I will have problems with instructor or with practical test...?? Because, I don't have provisional license for car....:cool:
(I mean: I have, but it doesnt say on the back of my full license-this is what DVLA told me when I rode there myself...):cool:CRAZY !!:o
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