UK to have KPH?

[Garlick]

Forgive me if I have been sitting under a rather large rock and have completely missed this news, but I was told something yesterday that shocked me.

I was with my motorcycle instructor getting ready for my test, and we were looking at the swerve test for the mod 1. Anyway, he was telling me that the manoeuvre needed to be undertaken at 50 kph. He went on to say that this was because the UK was changing to kph in 2013 to fall in line with Europe and the government changed the bike test in preparation.

Is there any truth in this at all? I asked him if this was true, and he said (in all seriousness) that it was......

[y2blade]

First I've heard of it too

it wouldn't bother me tbh, it will be nice to see an indicated 300kph on the bike

Edited by y2blade on Friday 9th April 09:52

[homerjay]

And the cost of replacing every roadsign?

I'm not having it.

[Rawwr]

y2blade said:

wouldn't bother me tbh, it will be nice to see an indicated 300kph on the bike

[The Black Duke]

Would it really surprise us though?

[y2blade]

Rawwr said:

y2blade said:

wouldn't bother me tbh, it will be nice to see an indicated 300kph on the bike

mine shows indicated 186mph at a true 172mph (GPS recorded top speed)

I'm happy with that

so yes an indicated 300kph would be seen

Edited by y2blade on Friday 9th April 09:55

[3Dom]

Garlick said:

I was with my motorcycle instructor getting ready for my test

Did you pass?

[snorkel sucker]

"sorry officer, i was still in the mindset of mph. i forgot that the 130 was supposed to be in kph....."

[Rawwr]

y2blade said:

mine shows indicated 186mph at a true 172mph (GPS recorded top speed)

I'm happy with that

Mine shows 70mph.

[neil_w]

homerjay said:

And the cost of replacing every roadsign?

I'm not having it.

knowing our government they won't replace the signs, a 30mph limit will overnight become a 30kph limit

[Garlick]

3Dom said:

Garlick said:

I was with my motorcycle instructor getting ready for my test

Did you pass?

Training for, not taking at the moment.

[y2blade]

Rawwr said:

y2blade said:

mine shows indicated 186mph at a true 172mph (GPS recorded top speed)

I'm happy with that

Mine shows 70mph.

have you not found the other 5 gears yet?

[300bhp/ton]

The Black Duke said:

Would it really surprise us though?

No, but it might help seal who doesn't win the general election...

[Superhoop]

Not true I don't think....

The test is set in Kph as it's a European test structure. When the new style test was first announced, many questioned why the swerve test was to be done at 31 Mph, and not 30......

31 Mph, that'll be 50 Kph then

[kambites]

This has been discussed repeatedly over the years, and it always comes out too expensive.

Personally I don't care, apart from the fact that every speed limit will get "rounded down" or even left the same in kph that it used to be in mph (blanket 30kph urban speed limits anyone?).

[Garlick]

I can't see it happening, but was interested in where the 2013 date came from? Someone must have started a rumour.

[Chris_w666]

MY 0-100 time will fall by more than 50%

[y2blade]

are they still doing the "swerve" test?

[norman156]

I very much doubt what he's saying has any truth, we'd have heard about it by now I'm sure. Also, I don't buy this 'bringing into line with the rest of Europe' when we seem to have a history of opting out of things like the Euro, the Schengen Agreement etc...

[Gareth350]

We'll swap to driving on the right too like the Swedes did years ago!