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  1. 1st December 2007, 01:10 #1
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    Just another wannabe (Timmay)

    Hi, I joined the forums a little while ago after going for a pillion ride with Jrandom on a gsxr1000 and getting hooked on the idea of riding a bike. Just got my learners today and now i'm staring to save for a bike so i will be asing lots of stupid questions. After having sat the test i have found a tendancy for the questions to be ambiguous or based on opinion not fact. For example:

    43. If the driver of a vehicle immediately ahead of you could not see you in either the rear view mirrors or by turning their head, you would be considered to be:

    A) Following too close
    B) In the driver's blind spot
    C) Driving carelessly

    The book answer is B, however the book also indicates that blind spots are to the sides of the vehicle. If the vehicle is "immediately ahead of you" surely you are behind it, and therefore following too close, not off to the side in the blind spot, no?

    Has anybody else found badly worded or ambiguous questions? I had a quick look and found half a dozen.
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    Where is the D) behind a driver who is lacking in the "force" option?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bobsmith View Post
    Where is the D) behind a driver who is lacking in the "force" option?
    Driver E) typical arrogant cage pilot!
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    Welcome to KB - remember to try to search the question before you ask it though - most people ask the same 300 questions when they start riding.

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    Welcome to the site Timmay!!!!!
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    Yes, it's generally accepted that the licencing process is effectively arbitrary and pointless, both the theoretical and the practical sides. Whether you pass your restricted and full riding tests seems to depend on which examiner you get and whether he woke up on the right side of the bed that morning, f'rinstance.

    Since you've already got your 6L, though, you can go back to your default state of not giving a fuck.



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    well having bunny hopped around the neibourhood on my bro's hyo-dung and done the practical on a ginny125 i feel i should be going for a SRV250. Although there is a nice looking KRR150 on bike trader at the mo too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timmay View Post
    well having bunny hopped around the neibourhood on my bro's hyo-dung and done the practical on a ginny125 i feel i should be going for a SRV250. Although there is a nice looking KRR150 on bike trader at the mo too.
    a KRR150 is a good bike to start on (ive raced them) lol, i would go for that if i was you...

    and welcome to the site mate have fun! and enjoy!
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    and feel free to ask me or anyone questions. hehe
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Bleck View Post
    Welcome to the site Timmay!!!!!

    No wayyyyyyy whats up with that
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    Welcome to the site. Hornet 250 are a great bike too for starters. And there is no such thing as a dumb question, ask away we love to feel important with giving advice.
    Ive been riding for 21 years now on and off, started on a Norton 850 Commando but back in the day you also started off with a full licence
    Roads are much busier and pace of life faster now. Loads of good peps to help you out. Make sure you have good riding gear, and just keep lots of distance between yourself and others, enjoy the world of motorcycling, I still cant get enough of it
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    what saul is trying to say is; welcome to the site

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    43. If the driver of a vehicle immediately ahead of you could not see you in either the rear view mirrors or by turning their head, you would be considered to be:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Timmay View Post
    and therefore following too close, not off to the side in the blind spot, no?
    The further you get, from behind a vehicle to alongside the vehicle (all the time in the blind spot), this gets known as the "death zone"...

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