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Completely agree and have been attempting to get that stipulation removed
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You just need a license, I could if I wanted take a theory test asap and pass that with flying colours then as I've driven a car off road/private land before and was able to drive it then take the test and scrape a pass. License in hand so go back to the plan of never get behind the wheel of a car again. Would the experience make me any better/worse of an instructor? no. Would I gain any road knowledge? no. Could I wipe with the license? no it's laminated.
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@WillMelling
So five minutes on a bike for the drivers is enough but we have to have a license? And only have driven a car, not an HGV. And possibly not have driven one for years or on the routes the HGV drivers use. Sounds remarkably silly and will exclude a good many capable instructors. It also reinforces a false equivalency between what drivers and cyclists experience and the need to 'see it from the drivers' point of view'. Disappointing.