Which am i more likely to get?

rpg · Scooby Slapper Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Karma :

Are you more likely to get the tester following you on a bike or in a car?

Rik · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Karma :

i passed 2nd time and had the guy in the car once and on the bike 2nd time, i think it depends on the weather mostly.

why does it matter though? if he's in the car you can lose him in the twisties Twisted Evil

while making progress and nip out into traffic in front of him without him catching up meaning he'll prob miss the odd mistake or 2 Thumbs Up

hmm not that he missed mine first time tho Embarassed

rik

Davo · Davo To The Rescue! Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Karma :

Same as above, on the first test he was driving a car (1.0L micra vs ER5) and I kept losing him throughout the test hence why I only got a minor, failed on the U-turn though. The second time around I was hoping he'd be in the car again, but he was on a big Pan European passed with a clean sheet, although my indicator fell off half way through.

Zen Dog · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Karma :

Both times they were on bikes when i did the test.

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Sheepy1209 · Nova Slayer Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Karma :

My tester apparently usually rides a bike, but for my test he had his supervisor with him so had to use the car. Definitely a good thing!

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Mine was on a nice sexy Pan. Laughing

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Barker-CBR 600 · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Karma :

I'd say the majority are on bikes.

Since they are obviously motorbike licensed (dur) and understand that on a car the whole experiance is different.

Now my dads test (20 years back) he had a bloke with a clipboard, tell him a few directions then run through shortcuts etc to watch him through certain junctions etc!

Apparantly the examiner only saw about 30% of the actual riding, now thats an easy pass for you!

As for me, 2 tests, same guy same centre on the same big white Pan.
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mchaggis · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 May 2004 Karma :

There are more examiners who follow on bikes in my experience. The only one I've seen in a car was using an Impreza to follow a Fazer. Laughing

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