{"id":4644,"date":"2010-03-31T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2019-11-22T16:47:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T16:47:15","slug":"government-incompetence-3491-motorcycle-tests-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=4644","title":{"rendered":"Government incompetence #3,491: motorcycle tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

In their infinite wisdom, the government decided to change how motorcycle testing was carried out. Partly this was in response to EU legislation, which mandates a particular test needing to be carried out at 31mph (because of course the EU runs on kph). So part of the test – supposed to represent urban conditions – requires the trainee motorcyclist to break the law in order to pass. I kid you not.<\/p>\n

Turns out that MPs agree<\/a> that it’s a shambles.<\/p>\n

I’m one of the people affected – to take my practical test (two parts) I’d have to do an hour and a half’s journey to Bury St Edmunds just to get started. Under the previous regime I’d only have to do the twenty minutes into Colchester – and the Colchester training sites all seem to have shut down. Good old government – more bureaucracy, less jobs, less happiness all around. Nice one.<\/p>\n

I think that – along with thousands of other people – I’m going to stick to my L plates for some time to come.
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