ChatterBank2 mins ago
Motorbike Catagory on my Licence
I got stopped in my car recently.
Really I think I was the wrong motorist as the police only wanted to see my driving licence.
To my surprise the police man asked if I rode a motor bike to which I replied I had never been on a motorbike in my life.
My green licence was showing the motorbike catagory and it was taken from me and a receipt issued.
I got a letter from the DVLA with a form to complete asking for my passport details for my photograph and a new licence has been issued minus the motorbike catagory.
I suspect an error was made when I surrendered my old red licence and the new one was issued by the DVLA.
I am just wandering what would have happened if I had relied on the licence and riden a motorbike and got stopped for something and it was found out I had never passed a test for that vehicle.
Jane
Really I think I was the wrong motorist as the police only wanted to see my driving licence.
To my surprise the police man asked if I rode a motor bike to which I replied I had never been on a motorbike in my life.
My green licence was showing the motorbike catagory and it was taken from me and a receipt issued.
I got a letter from the DVLA with a form to complete asking for my passport details for my photograph and a new licence has been issued minus the motorbike catagory.
I suspect an error was made when I surrendered my old red licence and the new one was issued by the DVLA.
I am just wandering what would have happened if I had relied on the licence and riden a motorbike and got stopped for something and it was found out I had never passed a test for that vehicle.
Jane
Answers
I passed my bike test in about '63 and my car test in about '65. I am entitled to drive far more classes of vehicles than people who have passed recently although the modern test is I believe far more stringent. It seems a bit unfair to me.
10:57 Thu 07th Jun 2012
