[stp1971]

I took a course that was private sponsored that was a basic riding skills course that taught me things like duck walking my bike for the first day. the second day they got into more advanced maneuvers like stopping in a straight line and turning the bike while riding.

No seriously,, any type of course is better than no course at all. The way Georgia has it set up is you take a test of forty questions. 20 questions are road rules and knowledge. The second twenty questions are road signs and their meaning. You pass that they give you a temporary learners permit. That permit allows you to get on any road in Georgia other than Interstates and toll roads. You can ride anytime during daylight hours. But no passengers.

So someone who is good at taking tests can go in there and get a license to ride by themselves without ever setting foot on a motorcycle. Then once they learn to ride that is when they give you the riding portion.

My idea is require all people to take a basic motorcycle course in a controlled enviroment. Once they become proficient enough to ride on a course and can handle a bike, then make them take the written test and make them do a simple road test to make sure they are not going out on the road and not even being able to handle a bike.

Once they become proficient then give them a final written test and another road course test.

Even though the course I paid for was a basic course,, I learned alot of little things you never really think about. It was still a good $300.00 investment.