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PostPosted: 15:51 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: New Bike Test Delayed - Six Months Reply with quote
Stolen from : https://www.dsa.gov.uk/News.asp?id=SXF1E5-A782F5E8

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Extra time granted for new motorcycle test

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has announced a delay of six months to the introduction of the new practical motorcycle test, originally scheduled for September 29, 2008.

The move comes after the Agency considered representations from the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA), the Motorcycle Rider Training Association (MRTA) and other motorcycle interests.

The new implementation date will now be Monday, March 30, 2009.

The decision to defer implementation will allow the DSA to carry on delivering motorcycle tests from a wider range of centres whilst working with motorcycle groups and to find a suitable solution for providing the new test service in problem locations.

Driving Standards Agency chief executive Rosemary Thew said: “Increasing road safety for motorcyclists has always been a top priority and it remains so. We listened carefully to the concerns put to us and this deferment acknowledges those concerns.

“None of us has lost sight of the fact that the aim of the new motorcycle test is to improve road safety for this important group of road users. This extra six months will give additional opportunity to find extra locations that we need to deliver the new test and potentially address gaps in service provision which have been highlighted to us.”


Can't say I'm too suprised, the new test centre down the road from me has only just been levelled off.
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PostPosted: 17:47 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
BLOODY BRILLIANT!!!

That's taken the pressure off me now Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 17:59 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fanfuckingtastic, gives me a month to get my test in Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 18:06 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
yes my test is on oct 16th 2008. wahoooooooooo
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PostPosted: 18:11 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Will save me £20! Very Happy
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PostPosted: 18:41 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
excellent news - i might even have another crack at it now. third time's the charm!! thanks to ms51ves3 for posting the link in new bikers.
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PostPosted: 19:07 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
mwahahaha a reprieve Very Happy
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PostPosted: 19:26 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Damn, only 5 months short of my 17th birthday. Crying or Very sad

Lets hope it get delayed again. Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:38 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tidy... Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:31 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Suits me, got my das n the 11th November, means I can stop going out every night practising figure 8's, slaloms and so on Mr. Green Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:51 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Awesome, I texted the news to my instructor mate - they had no clue.

They've been working like dogs all summer to fit everyone in and were ready for the dole office after Sept 29th!!! Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:48 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Suits me, got my das n the 11th November, means I can stop going out every night practising figure 8's, slaloms and so on Mr. Green Thumbs Up


Did you not start training for the new test too?
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PostPosted: 22:03 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
ms51ves3 wrote:
wisenerl wrote:
Suits me, got my das n the 11th November, means I can stop going out every night practising figure 8's, slaloms and so on Mr. Green Thumbs Up


Did you not start training for the new test too?

And also if you've booked for a test at an MPTC that's actually been built, does that mean you will just do the old test but from the new MPTC?
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PostPosted: 22:10 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
ms51ves3 wrote:
wisenerl wrote:
Suits me, got my das n the 11th November, means I can stop going out every night practising figure 8's, slaloms and so on Mr. Green Thumbs Up


Did you not start training for the new test too?


Yup, got 4 hours out tomorrow morning so I guess the content can all change now and just concentrate on the current version.
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PostPosted: 22:12 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
fortknoq wrote:

And also if you've booked for a test at an MPTC that's actually been built, does that mean you will just do the old test but from the new MPTC?


Even if your current test centre is ready to go (like mine) you still wont have to do it, you cant ask some to do what is arguably a more difficult test and others do the current one because they dont yet have access to a centre, that would be a protest in the making.
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PostPosted: 22:28 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
awesome news! Razz

I was p*ssed of at my test being on the 9th of october because i couldn't get it any earlier. Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:49 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
wisenerl wrote:
fortknoq wrote:

And also if you've booked for a test at an MPTC that's actually been built, does that mean you will just do the old test but from the new MPTC?


Even if your current test centre is ready to go (like mine) you still wont have to do it, you cant ask some to do what is arguably a more difficult test and others do the current one because they dont yet have access to a centre, that would be a protest in the making.


No. What he means is the test centre you were doing the new test at might not be the closest one to you, there may be one that is still doing the old test that was going to shut down. Will you still be doing the test at the test centre that is further away (that's if it is further away and not the same one)?

Make sure the instructor knows that the new test has been delayed, because, as Mudskipper said up above, their instructor mate didn't know.
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PostPosted: 23:02 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
is this delayed everywhere or just some parts of uk.i am so fecking happy now.Honda cbr 600 rr here i come Cool Laughing lol
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PostPosted: 23:22 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
PeterNSR wrote:
is this delayed everywhere or just some parts of uk.i am so fecking happy now.Honda cbr 600 rr here i come Cool Laughing lol


I'm guessing it's nationwide, as everyone has to sit the same test.
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PostPosted: 23:41 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
ms51ves3 wrote:


No. What he means is the test centre you were doing the new test at might not be the closest one to you, there may be one that is still doing the old test that was going to shut down. Will you still be doing the test at the test centre that is further away (that's if it is further away and not the same one)?

Make sure the instructor knows that the new test has been delayed, because, as Mudskipper said up above, their instructor mate didn't know.


Sorry, from what I know the current test centres about here are too far into the process of shutting down, so I wont be able to go to my local one, still need to go to the new centre.

But thats ok, lets face it there is a huge free parking facility there for another 6 months. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 06:40 - 12 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Now all I've got to do is persuade Sian to get her arse into gear and do her CBT and/or test before April....
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PostPosted: 09:49 - 12 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sorted, time to book my test I think!
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PostPosted: 11:06 - 12 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
my dad booked his test last week for the 30th of october, and they said its the new test, so i guess it wont be now?

lucky him if it isnt! Laughing
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