Sparky65 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Posted on November 28.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rvQpy8KAcI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mealexme Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 thought the test was changing about now? Seems the same as when I did it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky65 Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 One difference is that the examiner doesn't walk in front of the bike holding out his clipboard for the slow ride. Instead, the pupil is asked to ride slowly by himself and stop at blue cones. I'm sure one of his minors is for not checking to his left and right ie. looking for moving traffic, when he's walking the bike out of the parking space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mealexme Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 that's what it was like on my test though. i thought they changed it to this a few months ago and then were going to change it again and make it harder this month or next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogof Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 that's what it was like on my test though. i thought they changed it to this a few months ago and then were going to change it again and make it harder this month or next? They won't ever make it harder! All the MCN lot that passed their test years ago would whine to much... again. And we all know it's far more important to please them than it ever would be to improve the standard of training in order to reduce the KSI stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mealexme Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 oh. so were they just rumors that said that the one sown in the video was temporary and that they were changing them again around new year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogof Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 oh. so were they just rumors that said that the one sown in the video was temporary and that they were changing them again around new year? Maybe. Are you sure the "rumours" were not just yet another consultation? I seem to recall that they originally said that the offroad stuff was going back on road around October when they were intending to dumb it all down again to MCN level.So who knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky65 Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 oh. so were they just rumors that said that the one sown in the video was temporary and that they were changing them again around new year? Maybe. Are you sure the "rumours" were not just yet another consultation? I seem to recall that they originally said that the offroad stuff was going back on road around October when they were intending to dumb it all down again to MCN level.So who knows... This is how Mod 1 changed on May 16, 2011: http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/stories/dsa-news-20110328The test in the video reflects these changes. There haven't been any changes since those introduced on May 16. It's taken the DSA until November 28 to update its video. Separately, I'm sure a consultation is under way on proposals to go back to one, on-road test, rather than the current two module structure. I can't find it at the moment so could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mealexme Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 oh. so were they just rumors that said that the one sown in the video was temporary and that they were changing them again around new year? Maybe. Are you sure the "rumours" were not just yet another consultation? I seem to recall that they originally said that the offroad stuff was going back on road around October when they were intending to dumb it all down again to MCN level.So who knows... Possibly.I just looked it up, and yea I think it was pretty much. Although I thought I had heard that it was eing made harder than it is now. This is what I was thinking of. Its not at all in depth, but it may jog memories http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_193248 although it still seems its going to be in two sections so don't see the point in the change, just putting more hazards on the road for other road users by putting hazard avoidance on the public highway. Nothing wrong with how it is atm, so why bother spending money on changing it? Oh by the way, thanks for the vid! And dont worry, if this thread carries on I wall make another one to avoid hijacking this one and making it go off topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgess118 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Very handy video! Thanks for posting Regards burgess 118 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryme Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 on my test in sept i didnt have to follow behind the instructor on slow ride. i had to ride from one set of cones to another. it was easy as pooiie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitechapel Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Very helpful video, planning to book my Mod1 very soon and that helped answer a few questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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