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26/05/2009
A manoeuvre recently introduced to motorcycle tests has been criticised after a number of incidents occurred during its first few weeks of use.
The new motorcycle test was brought in by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) at the end of April to improve standards of road safety for motorcycle riders.
However, BBC News reports that a number of instructors believe a new 'swerve manoeuvre' is dangerous.
Riders are expected to demonstrate how they would brake in an emergency at a speed of at least 50km/h (around 31mph).
The new rules were originally planned for last September, but were delayed after representations from motorcyclists' groups. The DSA says that the new test has been drawn up in consultation with motorcyclists and that it was trialled 300 times before implementation.
However, the BBC says it has received complaints that some test centres are not big enough to accommodate the new test safely, and that attempting the swerve manoeuvre in wet conditions is too challenging. It reports that fifteen incidents relating to the new test were logged in the first three-and-a-half weeks of its introduction, with "at least one rider left with broken bones".
Barry Kenward of the Driving Instructors Democratic Union told the BBC: "In the dry the test is fine but the stopping distance is not enough for the stop to be carried out safely when it is wet."
"I have been riding for 30 years and I would not want to do the test they have to do."
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