New Rules for Suitable Clothing on Tests...

[Br4d]

Hello Everyone.

Just thought i'd share this seeing that a lot of people on the forum are planning on taking there Mod1 and Mod2 Motorcycle Test.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/news-items/dsa-news-20110616

Thanks

 

[Maccapacca]

Ha I did my mod 1 in trainers

 

[manbearpig]

In all cases it’s a legal requirement that riders wear an approved and correctly fastened motorcycle helmet,* with suitable eye protection (*an exception is made for members of the Sikh religion wearing a turban).

Are they serious?, I could wear a turban instead of a helmet

 

[Mucky_Pup]

If you're a proven sikh, yes.

 

[SparkyG]

Are they serious?, I could wear a turban instead of a helmet

But would you want to???

 

[Mucky_Pup]

There's times I wouldn't wear a helmet if I was allowed to, wouldn't be very often though.

 

[alexakasloth]

But would you want to???

How about both?

 

[izit]

Would they even be liable if you had a accident on their ground? what's it to them what you wear?

 

[Red_knight]

I think it's possible to convert to Sikhism, but you probably need a better reason than, 'I don't want to wear a motorcycle helmet'

 

[Dano]

Hahah, I know a sikh who played that angle on the first day of his training, he lasted about thirty minutes before pulling over and asking to go back to get a helmet

 

[Ghosteh]

Are they serious?, I could wear a turban instead of a helmet

That's nothing new IIRC, has pretty much always been the case.

 

[loki101]

I think this is rubbish, I wear the full getup (boots, jacket, etc) when i travel to work in the mourning on the bike, but its not the law. All you have to wear is a helmet so you should be able to wear what ever you want plus helmet on your test.

What the point of this, wear the right gear for your test but once you've past you can wear what you want? (shell suit etc) You cant have one rule for test and another for the rest of the time it ridiculous.

Teach people the importance of wearing the right gear, but you cant have one set of rule for the test and one set for real life it needs to be the same.

Rant over..
If they want to do something useful make it law for children to wear helmets on bicycles.

 

[Morbius]

I can only assume it's to make sure they are not liable if someone has an accident.

 

[gillywibble]

I can only assume it's to make sure they are not liable if someone has an accident.

Pretty much this. The DSA have 'decided' that they have a duty of care, i.e. they don't want to get sued when you scrape the skin off your arms during the swerve test.