Modern Buddy

Well, My sister is on her way to follow me to the DMV. I am taking my motorcycle test today so every one wish me luck!

GOOD LUCK!!!! I know you can do it!

TA DAAA! Another legal rider. Bless you, my son!

And congratulations.

Dennis

So, when we got to the DMV, they said it would be a 4 to 4.5 hour wait, my sister had to be at work before we could get done so...looks like I will have to wait.... again...

why do you have to have your sister there to take the test?
is this an age thing? or something I don't know about??

I'm confused by having your sister follow you to the DMV as well. I initially drove my car to the DMV to take a written test, which gave me a learner's permit valid for 6 months. After getting used to the scoot (my Buddy INTL), I drove to the DMV (today actually) and took the driving test.

Either way...good luck. One tip, the test I took was fairly easy with the exception of having to make a fairly tight u-turn without crossing over some painted lines, which I just barely missed . I still passed the test, but would suggest practicing your u-turns a bit.

In Texas, if you take the DMV test without the MSF course, you have to do a riding test on your bike AND provide a passenger vehicle for the supervisor to follow along...

Which is partly why I'm shelling out for the MSF. When I took my cage driver's test, I failed the first time bc I was SO NERVOUS! I an only imagine how I'd feel having a car following me noting my EVERY mistake!

The written test gets me all of nothing...the only way to drive my scooter legally is to have the complete licence. That means, the written test and the driving test, which requires having a licenced driver with a car to be there to take the examiner to follow the person on the bike....quite retarded in my opinion. Age has nothing to do with it beings how I am 26. When we got to the DMV, there were like 300 people there to renew their licences and beings how it is summer, half of them were 15 year olds just itching to get their learner's permits. (heaven help us).

I was the only one to do my motorcycle licence this morning...and they had one person that was dedicated for motorcycle examinations... however, when I was speaking with the person at the counter about just going ahead of everyone (even though it wouldn't have affected anyone) like five people began throwing a fit.

I really didn't want to start a brawl with someone over their 15 year old wetting their pants over their stupid cager's licence, so I decided to wait another day or two....

Hmmm, while annoying, a riding test is possibly one of the better tests. But I wonder if ya'll have to do both, a lot test AND a riding test. I haven't taken either test yet, mind, I'm only on my permit. But I would think that a riding test would show how well you actually can drive on the road, with random obstacles and real road conditions. But the lot might be able to cover some stuff that may not have come up on the riding test.

Either way....
I'd hate to have to take the riding test like that. Though if I passed it then my confidence would soar, I'm sure.


(Off Topic: Hmmm, now I'm trying to remember where it was that I initially got my cage license at. TX or UT...I drove around in TX before moving to UT, so surely I must have had it then...but I don't remember taking the actual test.
Oh wait, I remember being pulled over and showing the cop my license, but I had no insurance. So I DID get my license in TX..but who's car did I use?? )

Ok I know Texas is kind of screwy , but am I hearing this correctly, you have to provide a car for the examiner to ride in and follow you on bike? seriously, WTF?
I don't even know where to begin with this one.

UrbanBuddy82 wrote:The written test gets me all of nothing...the only way to drive my scooter legally is to have the complete licence. That means, the written test and the driving test, which requires having a licenced driver with a car to be there to take the examiner to follow the person on the bike....quite retarded in my opinion.

Still only half as retarded as New York State, where you take your test on open roads, followed in a car that must be driven by someone with a motorcycle license with the DMV test administrator riding shotgun.

Yes, Texas does something less stupid than New York! Take that, Yankee elitists!

ericalm wrote:Still only half as retarded as New York State, where you take your test on open roads, followed in a car that must be driven by someone with a motorcycle license with the DMV test administrator riding shotgun.

Yes, Texas does something less stupid than New York! Take that, Yankee elitists!

wtheck??? why on earth would the car driver have to have a motorcycle license?? what..so the driver knows how close s/he can follow you and still keep you safe?

Sheesh, at this point, they should have the DMV test administrator riding on the back of a motorcycle that's driven by someone with a motorcycle license following you on your motorcycle/scooter. Put THAT up the tester's craw!!

From what I understand, to ride on a permit in NY state you must be within X number of feet of another rider or a driver who is over 21 and has a MC license. It's like driving a car on a learner's permit. So when you take to the streets for your test, same rules apply, only some has to drive the test administrator.

I thought this was so whack… But I looked it up on the NY DMV site and, yeah, that's how it works.

this is pure insanity. How can it be legal? It is like a poll tax or something. except this is to keep people off 2 wheels instead of from voting . Probably the oil industry lobbies for these rules