On Saturday 19th of January I went to Kingston to take the Motorcycle Theory test.  The test was scheduled for 8:30 AM and I arrived about 8:00 AM.  I had to wait outside where other test candidates slowly started arriving.  While waiting, I started practising asking some theory questions with another candidate, this turned out to be useful as there were one or two questions from the Highway Code that neede revising.

Eventually the Security Guard of the building ushered us to go upstairs, the lifts were full of people since by now the number of candidates had increased significantly.

 

When you enter the door of the test centre, a man at the desk asks you for your Identification, I gave him my Passport and my Car drivers' License.  He then sent me to a chair to wait my turn on the computer.   The exam moderator then checked my name on the system and walked me to a computer where i sat and placed the headphones on my head.  I went through a small tutorial and then began the test.  There were around 50 questions, and were identical to the questions on the DSA Theory Test CD which I bought days earlier from WH Smith.  At the end of the test questions I had to sit through some video footage for the Hazard Perception section.  This is video footage taken from a vehicle driving along a number of different roads, you are required to click the mouse button when you see potential hazards and click again when hazards develop.  I clicked too many times on one of the videos and my score for that video was not accepted.

 

Eventually I completed the Hazard Perception and was asked to go through some sample questions which may be used in future tests, these questions would not be scored.  I did this but did not fill in the feedback section.  By now I just wanted to know if I passed or failed.  I clicked the End Test button and went to the man behind the desk, gave him my passport and he gave me a print out with my result.  I didn't read the letter but scanned it quickly for something and came accross the word Congratulations!.   I was so happy, got my things out the locker and left.

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