MAGPRESSRELEASE 05-07-13 For immediate use Status quo on test regime The Motorcycle Action Group is disappointed that after months of discussion and half a million pounds of taxpayer’s money, the motorcycle test protocols remain an unreasonable barrier to novice riders. The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has paid the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) £500,000 to speculate that it would be too dangerous and costly to hold the whole motorcycle test on the road. In consequence the status quo remains, which means that some learner riders in rural areas will still have to make round trips of as much as 100 miles to specialist test centres. MAG remains critical of the DSA’s interpretation of the EU test protocols that has led to the closure of hundreds of long established test centres that afforded easy access for riders nation-wide. Now that changes have been announced – VOSA and the DSA are merging into one organisation, and Rosemary Thew, the DSA Chief Executive has moved on – MAG hopes that the system will get better. MAG Chairman John Mitchell said, “The Impression that emerges from this debacle is that there are those in the DfT whose approach to safety issues is to discourage motorcycling by making access to it as hard as possible.” Further information: Ian Mutch 07799 764 161 [email protected] To join MAG Tel 01926 844064 mag-uk.org Annual membership is £25 The Motorcycle Action Group – Protecting and promoting motorcycling
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:48:32 +0000
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