New motorcycle test

[peterco]

Just surfing the net and came across this...
The new test for motorcycle.
The new practical motorcycle test is being introduced in October 2008 to comply with European legislation, which aims to improve the standard of road safety for motorcycle and moped riders. This user group have been identified as having a high risk of injury or death. This is particularly the case for young and inexperienced riders.


http://www.dsa.gov.uk/Documents/MPTC...re_Diagram.pdf

The new EU standards set extra and more demanding special manoeuvres that must be included in every practical motorcycling test. These new standards include:

• at least two manoeuvres being carried out at slow speed, including a slalom
• at least two manoeuvres being carried out at higher speed, of which one manoeuvre should be in second or third gear, at a speed of at least 30 km/h (18.6 mph) and one manoeuvre avoiding an obstacle at a minimum speed of 50 km/h (31.1 mph)
• at least two braking exercises, including an emergency brake at a minimum speed of 50 km/h (31.1 mph)

To be done at supercentre's ,whenever they get round to building them.
Just glad to have done the test some time ago.
Should have done the test in the late 70's.

pete