cbt why do you need to retake it?

[Guest]

its pretty pointless as you dont forget what you learn...

is there a valid reason why

another thing is when you go for insurance

i completed my cbt back in 2005 is lost it after my bike was stolen(i think it was in the storage unit...) but when i go for insurance it asks how long ive had a cbt which is technically 5ish years but unfortunately a its lost , b its out of date so what do you put there....?

thanks

[Guest]

Its useful to keep your skills up to date... you actually DO forget... and the valid reason is that its the Law to update it!

And as you do not have a CBT you put zero in there because its run out. When you do it again, and it asks the question you can put 'x' weeks or 'x' months.

[Guest]

thank you vicky

[fullscreenaging]

Your CBT lasts for two years. In that time you are sort of expected to go on and pass the appropriate(sp?) test. If you don't then you have to do your CBT again.

If you pass a test then you'll never have to do a CBT again

 

Its useful to keep your skills up to date... you actually DO forget... and the valid reason is that its the Law to update it!

 

Makes you wonder why you don't have to take refresher courses by law after you pass your test. You're right Vicki. People do forget. Should have to do it if you're a driver too.

Don't make sense to me.

[asharin]

Maybe I am being cynical but....

http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/jmiles/2006/02/11/fifty_pound_note1.jpg

[TC1474]

When CBT was first introduced is did actually last for the life of your licence, but fewer and fewer people were taking their full test and so 2 or 3 years after it was introduced there was a major review.

It was decided that the only way people may be encouraged to take their full test would be to give the DL196 a life span of 2 years.

Originally, anyone who failed to pass their test within the life span of their CBT certificate was disquaified for 12 months, but this was considered unfair, and so the 2 year retake rule was introduced, firstly to ensure that their skills were brushed up on, and secondly to avoid penalising those who simply use a bike for commuting too harshly.

For many of the younger riders who don't go onto take their test, 70% of what they were taught is forgotten within a very short period of time, and so by having to take it again ensures that they are riding at least at a minimum standard, and hopefully will be the encouragement to take their test.

Plus the DSA make additional money on all the certificates the training schools have to purchase which used to be £250 for a book of 20, and is probably considerably more now.

[lingy3]

Think its around £30 theory, £30 mod1, £90 mod2,

So for extra £50/£60,

you could have license, unrestricted in 2 years.

[Jimmi_929RR]

Its useful to keep your skills up to date... you actually DO forget... and the valid reason is that its the Law to update it!

 

Although i understand where you are coming from, my take on it is this:

Are you a worse rider after 2 years of riding than you are after you've 1st done your CBT? I appreciate people pick up bad habits (as with any skill) but IMO experience counts for a lot. I learnt more in the 9 months of riding solo (before taking my test) than i did in the 2 hrs of riding round some cones in a car park.

It's like someone else said, why aren't they making every road user take refresher courses?

[mikey69]

Ok, I'm a real newbie here (1st CBT in 2 weeks time) - but I have to say, I think all road users should be re-tested.

Having passed my driving test twenty years ago and now reading through the highway code, I find myself going "really! - I didn't know that..." and I think I'm a good driver!