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Training day

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 19, 2025, 11:11 pm

Tomorrow i get trained not to speed. It has been 55 years since i had any driver training. Time flies a bit and near 1 million miles ridden and driven so far. I should learn something new as there will have been a few alterations to the highway code.
I had no training for the car or motorcycle test as they were very short rides and drives and a few questions to answer out on the pavement.
Taking a picnic to eat as i will arrive early after speeding to the hotel.

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Posted by calidavid <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=calidavid' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 20, 2025, 7:25 am, in reply to "Training day"

I ran out of petrol on my Lambretta Cento during my test in Maidstone. But still passed. Don’t fall asleep Geoff.

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Posted by nek <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=nek' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 20, 2025, 11:34 am, in reply to "Re: Training day"

Been on one of these joke courses.
Instructor used to be a salesman........wore a guards tie, but never in that mob.
Best bit was him telling the group that motorcyclists pulling out in front of cars was a huge hazard.

Probably went every where by bus.
I had to listen to a load of sheer bilge.

They show you a clip of something driving along and ask you to spot the hazards ahead.
My brother who is also a life long rider pointed out about 3 they had missed.

we are not popular on these courses, and of course none of the "instructors" are bike riders.

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Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 20, 2025, 11:58 am, in reply to "Re: Training day"

I suppose the answer is don’t speed or pay the fine instead.
Den

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Posted by Will <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Will' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 20, 2025, 1:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Training day"

I believe if you pay the fine it disappears into that bottomless black hole that Rachel Thieves keeps banging on about. But if you pay for a speed awareness course the fee goes into the bank account of your local constabulary which is why they are so keep to get people to do the course......and an incentive to nick as many speeders as they can.

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There were about 20 people over 70 and 80, 15 in their 50s and 1 young woman. I had 1 sheet of paper to write notes on during the presentation but mine was left blank. At the end, i asked why i was on a car course ? There was nothing about motorcycles.
The course did tell me how i needed to use all the technology on board and the internet connection and satellite link, use the speed limiter and distance control etc. I pointed out i have none of this on my 54 year old bike. The course assumes everyone there has a new car and the high end Mercedes and BMWs with satellite links.
I learned 1 thing and that was speed in a blue circle sign. It means minimum speed and apparently, there are 1 or 2 of these signs in the UK in a tunnel.
A lot of emphasise on the 20 mph limits in Wales and they recommend the use of second gear driving in a car for all built up areas. Just be careful of all the bicycles overtaking your car.
Still, i have a clean licence so no insurance hike next year.
What was surprising was about 10 of the OAP drivers were women and i would say, if they were caught speeding, they must have good confident driving skills to keep doing it.

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if they were caught speeding, they must have good confident driving skills to keep doing it

Or more likely they're all just too dozy to see a speed limit or judge the speed they're driving.
Inattentive old codgers are as dangerous on the road as teenage tearaways......and I think there's been one recent survey of accident statistics that showed they are actually more dangerous, probably due to slower reactions

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Posted by Nigel B <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Nigel+B' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 20, 2025, 5:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Training day"

Or more likely they're all just too dozy to see a speed limit or judge the speed they're driving.

This.

Sister's M-I-L got caught by the same speed camera 4 times in one day. Camera wasn't a recent addition & speed limit been the same for decades, just inattentive. Sister got in touch with the authorities when the NIPs came through & "negotiated" that the prosecutions be dropped in return for her M-I-L surrendering her licence and ceasing driving. In reality she should have stopped years before.

Nigel B.

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Posted by ChazzyB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=ChazzyB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 20, 2025, 7:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Training day"

Woman in the village here got done on the same 30 MPH straight through another local village twice in a week.

She's [even] younger than me!

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Just make sure you pass the attitude test.

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It was a good friendly course. It bothered a few who had to miss a days pay. Its a pity there is no course at all for motorcycles it would seem.
Just remember now that camera vans have front and rear facing cameras to catch the bikes.

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Do they have back and front cameras? They open a hatch at the window at the back so the camera image isn't through glass. That's not possible through the windscreen.

Or are you being a tease?

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