Changes to Mod 1

Just seen the changes coming in for Mod 1. Notable one is that the emergency stop is before the avoidance exercise, and you can only do the avoidance if you have successfully done the e stop.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/dsa/News.asp?i...83A660&cat=593

[Kenzie]

Can't wrap my head around the new test stuff. I did mine in 2001 and it was cbt>theory>test which consisted of putting the bike on it's stand, a u-turn, an emergency stop, ride around the streets and a couple of questions!

them changes look alot better actually, the first ride round the circuit for to familiarise yourself would be very helpful

Originally Posted by DSA website

For the high speed manoeuvres, DSA intends to introduce a degree of flexibility into the assessment of the speed requirement. There will be a five per cent tolerance of the speed required. (2 km/h below 50 km/h). Providing the candidate commits no faults other than not reaching the speed within this tolerance, the examiner should record this as a riding fault rather than a serious fault. (A riding fault will contribute to the result of the test. A serious fault would result in failure)

How do they know, do they use a speed gun?

The whole set of amends sounds very sensible to me.

They do, as it happens...

I must admit, I do like that they've decoupled the swerve from the emergency stop, replacing the latter with a controlled stop (less precision required). It's also clear from the release why the DSA thought people were failing on that component...

Originally Posted by Ed

How do they know, do they use a speed gun?

The whole set of amends sounds very sensible to me.

You ride through a speed trap just before you do emergency stop and swerve

Originally Posted by Ed

How do they know, do they use a speed gun?

It's through a timing gate.

Having just done mod 1 recently, it all makes a lot of sense to me. I found the avoidance harder to do than the emergency stop, so I think it should be easier to do a gradual build up from controlled stop, to emergency stop, to avoidance.

I'd love to have a go, but only if the result don't count

Trouble is, indicated speed is higher than actual speed, do they tell you to compensate ?

Before these changes, there was no leeway on the speed measurements... you had to be doing a minimum of 50 kph on their equipment, or you would be sent around for another go. If you were short again, you would fail (might have been if you're short 3 times). No provision was made for weather either.