Motorcycle Restricted Licence Test (Scam)

[Streetwise]

Well that is a fair call, any test is better than no test i guess, BUT tests should be conducted by people that have experience,,, Well i think so anyway,

[John Banks]

Harder tests = more that fail = more $$$

I wonder why LTNZ haven't thorugh of it?

[Streetwise]

Well you have to wonder, hehe

[jubilant]

guys as a learner just coming up to the 6 month restricted test point i would like to feel that the test im about to take isnt just for revenue but will indicate my riding flaws ( of which im sure i have many ) so if any action is going to happen with regards to protesting government then im in...

in the short time i have been riding i have hit tar snakes, slipped on white lines, sat at traffic lights in the rain that just would not change for me ( so jumped a red in the end ) had cagers by the dozen try to kill me ( but after advice here been keen eyed enough to watch my own arse ) its about time something was done to make our possition on the roads safer, maybe the idea thats been floated around here before about all road users being made to undergo some awareness training regarding other types of vehicals on the road would be a good idea?

70 kph on the motorway around auckland will get you creamed with cars coming at you from both sides and in a rush to enter or exit the slip lanes...lets get that speed changed and fast...

[Cayman911]

70 kph on the motorway around auckland will get you creamed with cars coming at you from both sides and in a rush to enter or exit the slip lanes...lets get that speed changed and fast...

i think the main idea behind that speed is that they dont want you going on the motorway at all on a learners. just havnt said it in those words like they do with the car one.

[aderino4]

Holy Thread revival Batman...

[CookMySock]

Holy Thread revival Batman...

It sure is, but curiously relevant in our house at the moment.

My shortass (15 y/o) daughter did her 6R test on monday. I told her the instructor wanted to see a confident, competent, and safe rider, and that she should not ride around all timid like, but on the other hand, not be an ass in the traffic. The examiner was farken pissed off and and ended the 6R test after ten minutes, demanding to know (from me) how long she had been riding and who taught her.

The problem was you see, that he couldn't catch her. At one stage I heard her chop it back a few gears (crackle pop bang boom - noisy vee twin) and belt it around the roundabout behind me, closely followed by the examiner in his little blue truck nearly on two wheels - It looked more like a police chase than a 6R test. The next problem was, in his blind panic he was shouting down the radio, which of course doesn't work at all - massive distortion.

So I told him it was his call whether he issued her 6R or had her repeat the test "properly", and reassured him that she did know exactly what she was doing on a motorcycle, to which he grunted "that much is evident."

So all in all, a puzzling and frustrating afternoon for said daughter and examiner, and a hilarious one for me.


S

[Love my Bonnie]

I think it really depends on the instructor.
When I sat my restricted, the dude was such a asshole that I was in tears for most of the test. (I know, but most women have faulty eye valves, I have tried to claim warrenty but to no avail)
He shouted at me when I lost him in the rain & was a complete fuckwit.
I sat my full licence in dec last year, through a different place.
The tester was such a nice guy, rider himself with 30+ years of riding experence.

[Mudfart]

what's your point..?

on the same token then, is any test a waste of time? do we just give a license to everyone who wants to ride/drive them?
altho some times I do wonder about some drivers..

i really want to drive a semi-artic truck with another trailer.. never done it before, but I don't need testing to see if I can do it..

this dudes right, Ive seen the uncoordinated person in the history of mankind, driving a car. She was that bad when she goes bowling she has to use the kids ramps on the lanes to launch the ball, poor girl, it still kept going in the gutter too!. She has a license.
I also know a girl (different female), who had over 200 driving lessons, and is still crap. She is currently driving our roads. Scary.
I also have threaded about the monster in law being given her license renewal at age 70, even tho she couldn't pass the eyesight test.

The lady at the AA centre said "just say anything". The MIL said "I told you, I can't read that line!".

The lady said "I told you, JUST SAY ANYTHING!".

PASSED.
2x crashes so far.

[bugjuice]

of course I'm right.

[kwaka_crasher]

Is it just me or is the Restricted licence test a complete waist of time, Well for that matter the full test also

It's just you. It's certainly not a WASTE of time - how else are they going to verify you've actually ridden a bike in that time and are competent?

There should be MORE practical tests (every 10 years) and they should be much, much more demanding in the levels required to pass.

One could make an argument that, as far as motorcycles are concerned, an incompetant rider will quickly scare himself so much that he'll give up.

You have altogether too much faith in people.

[Ratti]

You have altogether too much faith in people.

Absolutely, witness FIL in his 90's, can't see or hear well, bloody dangerous, has had several crashes in last few years, still keeps getting licence. He is adamant that he has been driving for 75 years and knows it all. MInd you he's a bit of a B*****d like that anyway. He has way to much belief in his ability in spite of all evidence to the contrary...much as a few learners do