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Enhanced Rider Scheme

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) enhanced rider scheme checks your motorcycle riding skills and provides training to help you improve.

The scheme can help you:

  • Become a safer rider
  • Develop your motorcycling skills

If you successfully complete the scheme you’ll get a ‘DVSA certificate of competence’. You can use this to get discounts with most motorcycle insurers.

Who can sign up for the scheme?

You need to have a full motorcycle licence and have passed your test.

The scheme is suitable if you:

  • have just passed your test
  • are returning to riding after a break
  • are upgrading to a more powerful motorcycle
  • want to check your riding standard

Get assessed by a trainer:

You’ll first have a rider assessment with an expert trainer. You’ll ride in different road and traffic conditions.

The ride will be long enough for your trainer to make a good assessment of your skills. For most people, this is 1 to 2 hours.

You’ll be assessed on 7 core modules:

  • structured planned approach to riding
  • defensive riding and hazard awareness
  • progress and use of speed
  • overtaking and filtering
  • bends and corners
  • slow control
  • developing the correct rider attitude

If the assessment shows that you do not need any more training, you’ll get a DVSA certificate of competence straight away.

Subsidised training for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland residents is available from:

Tom Dunne: info@shires-motorcycle-training.co.uk / 0116 2518999

Nigel Thornber: hinckleyrts@hotmail.com / 01455 610529

Alan Wright: alan.j.wright@icloud.com / 0116 279 2683