Motorcycle CBT changes, any truth in this article ?

[Nigel Worc's]

Hello chaps.

I just wondered if there is any truth in the changes in the link.

It seems odd that the government is trying to encourage motorcycling as a form of congestion beater on one hand, then making it harder to do with the other.

http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-view...

[Nigel Worc's]

TooMany2cvs said:

Nigel Worc's said:

I just wondered if there is any truth in the changes in the link.

It seems odd that the government is trying to encourage motorcycling as a form of congestion beater on one hand, then making it harder to do with the other.

Apart from the article being clear that it's not actual changes happening, merely recommendations, do you have a problem with any of those? They all seem to be sensible to me.

It all seems overkill to me, but I am from the time when we could ride up to 250cc on L plates, no training, we'd only needed helmets for about four years when I started in 1977.

I wonder in percentage terms just how much they have achieved on the safety side, as far as KSIs to youngsters go ?

Sheer numbers will look better now, as only a fraction of youngsters ride, compared to "my day".

[Nigel Worc's]

Vaud said:

TooMany2cvs said:

You may be giving Mr Random-Apostrophe a bit too much credit.

I'm happy to have a debate, none of the points looked like anything other then reasonable positions. Nigel is entitled to a view, sometime he makes great points, sometimes I think he is a complete fruit loop. I encourage a constructive debate as to WHY the points are detrimental given current traffic volumes and usage , other than "it was different in 1878".

I actually think traffic behaviour is better now than when I started in the late 1970s (rather than 1870s lol).

There is more traffic on the road now for sure, and I'll have grown in experience with it, it hasn't been a sudden increase.

On the dry warm occasions I ride, things seem much safer to me these days.