It's come up as a topic of discussion within the Ministry of Transportation here in Germany....allowing you to get the Motorcycle 'stamp' after you get the plain car license, without a long drawn-out class or second 'special' exam.
Normally (for several decades and throughout the West Germany period).....you had to go to a private instructor....go through a book type exam, and then go practice for a number of hours before the instructor would sign off. So you'd do this with the car license, and sorta repeat the exercise to some degree with the motorcycle license.
The new idea being proposed is that you'd just go (after getting the car license) and do a 5-drive episode (roughly five hours) and a simple 90-minute class episode with the book. The instructor would allow you to lead on the bike through city and rural drives, and take you on the autobahn for a stretch.
The idea would also allow regular car license holders to ride a small bike (up to 125 cc) without the special motorcycle license.
The statistical side of this? In 2017, 583 Germans died via motorcycles/scooters in Germany.
Why this push? Well....they've been doing it in Austria and the government thinks it'll work here.
What the experts say? Well....they are totally against lessening the requirements. The general problem that people see, and I'll go along with that.....you end up with people who really aren't that careful about their driving, and they get into bad habits. These are the people who take risks with bikes when they really don't need to take risks.
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