EU motorcycle laws cost Britain millions in new test centres ... just so riders can do emergency stops at precisely 31mph

It has been a crucial part of the British motorcycle test for generations ... the emergency stop on a quiet suburban street.
But a new EU-approved test is set to change that, and other vital aspects of the examination, in an overhaul that is plunging the motorcycling world into chaos and costing the British taxpayer millions.
Anyone taking a motorbike test will soon be assessed on manoeuvres such as the emergency stop or avoiding an obstacle at EU-specified speeds of 30 and 50 kilometres per hour.
British Ministers signed up to the new-style test without protest – apparently oblivious to the fact that 50kph is 31mph, 1mph above the speed limit for the kind of quiet streets where tests are usually taken.
Now Britain is spending £71million building new off-road test centres, with mock streets, so that the EU examination can be held legally.

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