Theory test compulsory for car drivers

[topbanana]

Hi all

Just read something surprising in a magazine. It implies that I don't need to sit my theory test if I already have a car driving license, which I do. Is this the case?

Ta

[tonshar]

I also asked this question as i was told this, my cbt instructor said you have to do your theory whatever license you have, so yes you have to do your theory test

Sharon
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[kn76cbr]

Ya bit silly that I had been driving for 13 years and then had to do theory test before I did my DAS.
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[Nb]

Of course you have to sit a theory test even if you already drive. Its another way of keeping morons away from bikes, how many drivers who passed their test years ago know how much the highway code has changed? Not many i doubt, and having to sit another or their first theory test can only help them be safer imo.
Its not as if the theory test is hard exactly.
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[topbanana]

[Stelmer]

Up to either 1999 or 2000, you didn't have to do the theory test.

After that you do now.

[Pete.]

[Trip]

Yup

I have to sit my theory test to take my car test tomorrow.

Im sure they could make an all purpose test for both but then they wouldnt make an extra £25 out of us
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[Nb]

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[Ade]

The car and bike theory's actually have different questions - they aint the same. Its not like doing the same one twice

[tash]

i took my car test years ago n just recently passed theory...as ade says its different questions.some relating to bikes n of course the hazard perception part is different too...will be more too next year with a further 15 questions i think

[ilovensr]

doesnt the theory test change in september and the practical changes in october, or so my cbt instructer told me,

i have lots of stuff to learn in not much time

[tash]

i think its all happening in oct 2008..50 question theory and

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)
...sounds fun ..easy to say when youve passed

[Phil_G]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

The theory tests are slightly different for car and bike, the hazard perception is the same though, but you still have to do it twice.
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[Dazbo666]

I'd been driving since '89, so had to go right back to basics in 2005 and take a full theory / hazard perception before my DAS.
...and to be honest I'm glad I did, cos it refreshed certain points that had probably lapsed over the years.
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