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Originally Posted by JohnMcL7
Driving at an appropriate speed for the conditions doesn't turn it into a 'slow speed slalom test' - while doing your on the road practical test regardless of whether it's car or bike if you don't slow down for the conditions you'll start getting minors and get a fail if you keep doing it. Yet in the off the road test it's the complete opposite where you are supposed to ignore the conditions entirely and keep a constant pace which is exactly what you shouldn't do in real riding conditions.
In the rain the grip of the bike is reduced therefore its ability to handle a swerve or similar is also reduced, we are always being told speed limits are limits not the speed you should be driving at therefore it doesn't make much sense to me to have a test where no consideration is given to the external conditions.
John
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Have you got some documented proof that this test (which has obviously been intended for all normal conditions in the UK since that is its implementation) is designed specifically for dry surface riding? I'm tired of posting the same thing.
It's either a:
A - Test designed purely for dry conditions (dangerous in the wet), unlikely no?
or
B - Test designed for all conditions including the wet (probably a bit too easy in the dry), likely, no?
It's a test remember, it should be a challenge.
I'll laugh if the DSA change it so that the speed requirement for bone dry conditions are simply increased by 15kph.