Dangerous Driving resit

[w111pac]

guys,
i got done a while back on my bike, charged with dangerous, 1 yr ban resit etc.(although it was just speeding but thats another story)
My question is, do i have to resit BOTH bike & car tests? i haven't got the provisional ticket back yet. I've been told that i have to do an extended test to get my licence back as it was with bike & car entitlement on it. i assumed i'd have to do both....any thoughts?? cheers

[tigger1]

I'm guessing - but I would think you lose all entitlements if you have to re-sit, so I would expect to have to do both.

[Dwight VanDriver]

Heed doon Wullie into the bucks. Theory AND extended test.

http://tinyurl.com/3cqn8e

dvd

[vonhosen]

The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

46(7) Where the disqualified person passes the practical test on a vehicle of a class included in category B, except a vehicle included in sub-category B1, the disqualification is deemed to have expired additionally for all the classes of vehicle included in:

(a) categories A, B+E, C, C+E, D and D+E, unless that test is passed on a vehicle with automatic transmission, then the disqualification is deemed to have expired only for the classes of motor vehicle included in those categories that have automatic transmission;
(b) categories G, H and L.

[w111pac]

I know it's the full bifta just done online theory. passed both. i rock!! both car & bike tho????

[tigger1]

vonhosen said:

Loads of stuff with letters in

So, does he have to do the bike test?

[vonhosen]

w111pac said:

I know it's the full bifta just done online theory. passed both. i rock!! both car & bike tho????

Read the above I have posted. You do retest in class B (car) it covers you for class A (bike).

[walm]

But Von the link from DVD states, "Following disqualification from riding under the Road Traffic Act, all riders are required to complete compulsory basic training (CBT) to validate their new provisional driving licence when it is issued."

[vonhosen]

walm said:

But Von the link from DVD states, "Following disqualification from riding under the Road Traffic Act, all riders are required to complete compulsory basic training (CBT) to validate their new provisional driving licence when it is issued."

They do, if it's the bike test they do.
But if you hold also hold a car licence & do the test in a car, you don't have to do the bike test.

Edited by vonhosen on Wednesday 22 August 16:20

[Hooli]

so basicly you can pick whatever class you had on your licence that you think you'll pass easiest to regain all entitlements?
seems daft - its much easier not to do 150mph in a car than it is on a bike. physically of course, there are a lot more places a bike can speed due to accleration than a car.
besides if your banned due to a bike offense its daft not to regain your licence by proving you can ride a bike correctly.

[vonhosen]

Hooli said:

so basicly you can pick whatever class you had on your licence that you think you'll pass easiest to regain all entitlements?
seems daft - its much easier not to do 150mph in a car than it is on a bike. physically of course, there are a lot more places a bike can speed due to accleration than a car.
besides if your banned due to a bike offense its daft not to regain your licence by proving you can ride a bike correctly.

No, not exactly, only limited to certain classes of vehicle.
You won't for instance get back your PSV or LGV classes back when you pass your class B test. You'd have to take them seperately again.

[Hooli]

yup thats fair enough. just seems odd you can get done for riding a bike & get your licence back by driving a car.
its bit like proving your not a druggie to get over a shoplifting conviction.

[vonhosen]

Hooli said:

yup thats fair enough. just seems odd you can get done for riding a bike & get your licence back by driving a car.
its bit like proving your not a druggie to get over a shoplifting conviction.

If he passes it on a bike (class A) it means he doesn't have to take a test for a car as well (class B).
Do you think the car test is much easier than the bike test then ?

[Hooli]

its not to do with which test is easier. it just seems odd you dont have to be tested on the disapline that you committed the offense in. i know the rules of the road are the same for both, but from experience ive got a different mindset when on a bike than in a car. so to me testing the mindset that caused the problem makes much more sense.
doesnt really matter anyway, its just my view at the end of things.

[7db]

Hmm. Extended retest. Not easy on bike or in car.
Examiner knows why you are there...

[tigger1]

7db said:

Hmm. Extended retest. Not easy on bike or in car.
Examiner knows why you are there...

Would be interesting to find out what the pass-rate is on an extended re-test, as opposed to a "normal" test

[eltax91]

Is the ONLY reason for an extended test if you have been banned? Could you not be on an extended test after losing your license through medical reasons?

[vonhosen]

eltax91 said:

Is the ONLY reason for an extended test if you have been banned? Could you not be on an extended test after losing your license through medical reasons?

IIRC Extended retest is currently only for more serious offences such as dangerous driving. The Secretary of State can change that though under Road Safety Act & there was talk of it being introduced for drink drive where disqualified for 24+ months.

[Vodka Margarine]

Sorry if im being an idiot but does that mean you can drive a bike if you have passed a car test?

[vonhosen]

Vodka Margarine said:

Sorry if im being an idiot but does that mean you can drive a bike if you have passed a car test?

If you held both classes prior to the disqualification, retest pass on one means you don't have to take the test for the other.