Finally got around to sitting my Restricted license

[Jeremy]

Well I finally got around to sitting my restricted license test last Tuesday. Unfortunately the guy I had didn't have anyone else to do that morning so I had a 40 minute long restricted test. That involved 3 major roundabouts. Not that I've had no experience with them considering I go through the one at panmure 6x a week. Even more fun was that the roads were really really greesy (since it rained after there having not been any rain for ages).

However it was all good, the testing officer said that if I'd been taking my full I would have passed that. Then he proceeded to stuff up writing the temporary license twice. First time he gave me 1F + 5 + 6R (I've only got 1L and 6R). No idea how he managed that. Then the next time he managed to cross through all of the boxes so I had nothing!

Anyway it's much easier travelling around Auckland now, as I no longer get people tail gating me when I'm doing the speed limit. Or trying to pass me at 70km/h accross double yellow lines. Indeed I saw some weird stuff when I had the L-plate on the back.

So now I've got to wait another 6 months before I go down to Hamilton or Wellington to take CBTA since passrite won't take you unless you've allready got 1F and have held it for 2 years.

[Matt Bleck]

Thats awesome mate!

[John]

Good on ya!

I'm due for mine as soon as I get my bike in WOF condition, glad to hear you lost the 'Death Plate', I took mine off its just to bloddy dangerous!

[Madguitarist!]

Well done dude! Won;t be long now till you get your full!!

[riffer]

Good on you Jeremy. Don' be upset by how long the test was - rather, you can take it as a sign that your riding is better than most they get. Well done.

Enjoy the ride. Good luck with your full licence. I can remember getting my restricted like it was yesterday still - not 1984.

[Waylander]

Congrats mate. Now it's just waiting out the time till you can get yer full.

[Beemer]

I got sick of being tail-gated by motorists (and TRUCKS - scary!) when I was on my learner's licence, but then realised that most motorists have no idea you are restricted to 70kph at that stage. I reckon the powers that be should run an education campaign to make motorists aware of this fact - I think most of them thought I was being a girl (well, I am!) or doing it to piss them off - which is why I ended up tucking the tiny (and illegal) L-plate I had attached to the number plate up behind it.

I went through the new licensing system just as they were changing to the graduated one and what a balls-up. I ended up with a paper learner's licence that expired on May 35 1999, then I had a restricted motorcycle licence and full car licence (correct), followed by a restricted motorcycle (after I'd passed my full licence) and full car again - finally I had the right one but it took weeks to get it reissued. Not to mention the times I turned up to have my photo taken or my eyes tested and their machines weren't working. The day I arrived for my full licence test the guy didn't even have my booking (they'd done it manually because, you guessed it, their computers were down) and once I'd passed my test they found they couldn't issue my licence because it hadn't been six months to the day since I passed my restricted! Thankfully they didn't ask me to sit it again, but they wouldn't issue my licence for another three weeks! If their computers had been working the day I booked the full test, it would have been picked up and I would have had to sit it later that month, but they figured I'd been mucked around enough by then and let it go!