Confused About A1, A2 Licenses And Tests...

Cyborgbot · Nov 5, 2019

SpeedTwin1200 said: ↑

I taught a lady last week who was re-doing her CBT after 2 years of riding a 125 scooter once a week or so. She was a car driver so rode/wobbled along at first close to the centre line (because that's where you sit in a car), even with oncoming HGV's! She couldn't do any of the figure of 8s or U-turns, lean the bike or turn her head. She kept looking at the bit she didn't want to crash into so went straight towards it!

So clearly had not been taught how to ride 2 years ago. Not all CBTs are equal.
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She has survived hasn’t she?

Surely good enough for a pass?

Having seen loads of Sunday riders on their mega machines blindly overtaking everything in sight (including across solid white lines on the brow of a hill on a blind bend) I don’t think she’s any worse than many riders...

That’s just on an average ride to loomies....

Big Sandy · Nov 5, 2019

When my lad did the cbt, (60 miles from home, he had to rent the bike etc....I took him down for the day) Anyhoo, there was a DRIVING INSTRUCTOR doing the cbt. He refused to go out on the road, as he was afraid of the bike and couldn't control it, couldn't do the manoeuvres etc. So, he failed the cbt. Makes a body wonder....

steve lovatt · Nov 6, 2019

When I did my CBT there were four of us. I had never ridden before, another guy had ridden for years but without a licence, one guy just wanted to "twist and go" (Deliveroo anyone?) and a Malaysian guy who claimed he had ridden a lot back home.

We all went through the practice stuff in the car park before being taken out on the road in the afternoon. At the junction practice when turning left or right, the Malaysian dude always went the opposite way to which he was told! The instructor said "I'll take you two out first and pass you both - my mate will have his work cut out with him!"