Motorcycle Theory Test
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 at 7:43 pmI passed.
I got 34/35 (Pass is >=30) on the multiple-choice questions and 57/75 (pass is >=45) for the hazard perception.
There are two basic rules for hazards when you are riding a motorcycle: 1) If it moves it’s a hazard 2) If it doesn’t move it’s a hazard.
My younger sister said that she knew I would pass because I always do. I wish I had the same confidence in my abilities that other people have in them.
I was worried that I’d end up getting all the stupid questions though, particularly ones about stopping distances. I hate stopping distance questions, perhaps it is because I have already been driving a car for almost 6 years that I no longer think of these figures as useful. Let’s face it if you’re braking in an emergency you are unlikely to be thinking “OMG the stopping distance at 70mph is 96m and I only have 94m! Oh Noes!”.
I now have 2 years to take my motorcycle practical test.
August 24th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
You appear to be the only person who doesn’t have faith in your 1337 m070rb1k3 5k1llz.
August 29th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
What’s more useful than knowing stopping distance at 70mph as a number of metres is the awareness of what that number of metres looks like on a road. This is something you learn quickly when travelling at 120mph on the M5 (I should imagine).
Also, stopping distances are, by and large, almost completely fictional in this modern world of ABS and Goodyear SuperGripTastic tyres.
August 29th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
@Ryan
Agreed, knowing what a distance looks like is very useful. When I was faced with the stopping distance questions on the practice tests I would work it out by imagining how the distances look on a road rather than by memorising the figures.