Short theory test anecdote

[Penguin]

Just got chatting to a lady I know and it turns out she works in a theory test centre. She told me that the thing which frightens her most are "middle aged men doing their bike theory after driving a car for years". Apparently when they walk in it's a 50/50 chance that they will fail and it's generally in the same place - road signs. They are also far more likely to "kick off and cause a bit of a fuss" than their much younger counterparts who turn up on "horrible day-glo mopeds"

Test center lady has a rather low opinion of these chaps "you can see the mid life crisis in their eyes".

/anecdote

[Paxovasa]

WTF
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[pinkyfloyd]

I havent gotten around to doing my car test yet and I'm looking forward to my midlife crisis. Instead of having a break down and buying a bike I might get a car instead.


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[Dazbo666]

Punch her in the tits and tell her to STFU
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[Crystal Tipps]

What a load of rubbish!! Anyone who makes an effort to prepare a bit after driving a car for years & getting into a few bad habits will be fine with theory test.

Sounds like she has a boulder on her shoulder
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[Penguin]

I think that's the point Crystal, a lot of people who never had to do the theory test when they passed in a car are not preparing and are showing that have a frightening lack of knowledge about road safety when they are in their cars.

I don't think any of them would be reading this thread though as it's in a new bikers section of a forum, I would expect to come across them on thisbikeistoopowerfullforme.com creating threads like:

[carlosthejack...]

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[Crystal Tipps]

[stupidstu]

im in the middle of my mid life crisis and did mine a piece of pi**
49/50 64/75 i went in and came out while young uns where still doing theirs

[multijoy]

[Polarbear]

I only passed my car test 3 years ago after riding bikes for 33 years. I never had to do a theory test of any sort, just the driving bit.
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[ajbsmirnoff]

Middle aged car driver here. The chap at the reception desk asked me - as I walked up the the desk 'motorcycle theory test' (or words to that effect it was a year ago) without even seeing my appointment letter. The mid life crisis must have been screaming out.

I did my driving test 25 years ago, when the theory bit was 3 questions in the car before being told you'd passed. This time round, I revised for my theory as I didn't want to fail, and the highway code had changed a fair bit.

Also, my wife got 100% for her theory test a couple of years ago, so there was 'pressure'.

[carlosthejack...]

[Willson]

IMHO, the theory test is a waste of time and money.
It would be better if you actually had to know the highway code in preparation for random questions on the day of the test.



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[blurredman]

[Polarbear]

[Bloke]

Meh, both the theory test and hazard perception test are ridiculously easy.

Didn't revise for my car one, just turned up a booking on a cancellation that was the next day, went in and nailed it, absolutely fine.

Didn't revise for my bike one and did the same.

Just requires common sense, most difficult question: "what is a cover note used for?"

I'd never bought insurance however out of a choice of "road tax, temporary driving licence, vehicle log book and insurance"... It was obvious, only thing that covers something is insurance. You tax something, you hold a licence, you keep a logbook, you are covered by insurance.

Simples. If you really need to revise for the theory test to get a pass damn... That's shocking. Even the braking distance questions were a piece of cake when turned into multiple choice.

For comparison of tests, car test sat in 2007, bike test sat in 2009.
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