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E-bikes that are legal can hit roughly 20mph without assistance on a flat surface. Just a little nudge puts them over that limit. And a lot of effort thrown in will push an e-bike well above the 20mph limit. Would a reasonable cyclist go any faster than this on a narrow street with numerous obstacles? Probably not. Would a reasonable cyclist go as fast as he/she would like to on a wide road with next to no obstacles? Absolutely. Local councils should be doing their due diligence in setting these 20mph limits rather than having the whole area as a blanket 20 mph zone. More people would respect it if this were the case. OP: Just learn where they place speed cameras / what the vans look like and problem solved.

Welcome to the "second attempt" club Nice feeling knowing that the stressful part is over.

Holy shit how bad are they back home!?!? Very few drivers over there have situational awareness. Even the ones who obey the law right down to the letter can be oblivious of their surroundings. Over here, people are a lot more aware of their surroundings. Even sitting here typing this makes me glad I am riding over here as opposed to playing in the minefield back at home. Over here, drivers and riders are taught much better habits (use of mirrors) and to add, there are more considerations with respect to motorcycles (filtering legal), so I think the drivers here are being held to a higher standard.

Different countries and regions have different testing procedures and different passing thresholds. If you tested in say central London, the pass rates are much lower than if you were up far north. This could extend to "if you tested in the UK, pass rates are much lower than in eastern Europe." I have to admit that after having gone through the mod 1 and 2 tests recently that the tests here are significantly harder versions of the tests back in my home country. That being said, the quality of drivers and riders here are much better.

I recently tried to hire a bike out for the same kind of thing. No such luck. Bit the bullet and shelled out money for a full DAS. Only way around it is if you have good connections, then you can borrow a bike.

And I still think it's quite ridiculous. But then there's this: http://www.swindonweb.com/uploaded_files/1167/images/lifemagi1.jpg If I could do it all over again, I still would have picked the same location and same school. Excellent instructors and the school (Lightning) puts its students in a position where the mod 2 test is passable.

Happy to have passed attempt #2 after failing the first attempt on a missed signal. Oxford has some strange roundabouts.

E-stop was bang on 50. Even though I was comfortable with this, I didn't feel like pushing it further. With the swerve though, I was more than happy to push it after lowballing it on the first attempt. Got 58. I thought that was high until I saw people on here posting results in the low 70's.

Thought I'd update here. Failed mod 2 on a missed signal. More or less a clean sheet otherwise Confusing roundabout My re-do is early in September.

I had this discussion way back when. It's one of the big reasons I am against self driving cars. The moral viewpoint of someone else should not be imposed on others, especially if it's me. If a failure occurs and the decision is my life or the life of a cat or dog, I'd hate for the extremist views of PETA to be the death of me.

Mod 2 is Friday. I guess I can't move it as it currently stands, so whatever the weather decides to do, I'll have to deal with it.

Just an update here. I just passed my mod 1 test and have my mod 2 test booked. Took the advice here and did it through a school. More to come later. Will also post a review.

Motorway driving is quite controlled. Common sense would dictate that you aren't taking a learner out in peak traffic and you would only be taking a learner out after the learner has demonstrated safe control when driving at higher speeds. Of course this would never be mandatory, but I would really urge that learners pick up motorway driving. It's a basic skill.

"The change will only apply to learner drivers of cars - learner motorcyclists won’t be allowed to have motorway lessons."

I have two training schools in mind right now. I passed the theory test early on Saturday and by the time I got home, a lot of the training schools had closed. I had managed to speak with a few of them and there ended up being two of interest. It looks like this is the route I am headed for. I thought I'd try an alternative with some time on my side before confirming anything with a training school. I appreciate your advice here on finding a training school that can book this as early as possible. I will probably shop around beyond the two I had in mind.