I was just making my appointment to take a scooter test (51-250cc) online, but discovered I may have to take a 2-hour safety class prior to taking the test? I hadn’t heard about this before.
I already have a car license (普通小型車) which permits me to drive a light (50cc) scooter and exempts me from the written test, at least until next month. I see that those with a light scooter license are exempt, though it doesn’t mention car licenses that allow you to drive them as well:
I also had a car license as well and had to sit through the class to get my scooter license. It’s just an hour of video on what to do and what not to do. They show a few scooter accidents as well in the video then it’s another hour of the instructor speaking. After that you can go straight to the road test while the other people without a license already will have to take the written test. The class was all in mandarin but I just sat through it anyways and passed the road test after.
If I remember correctly, the safety class is valid for 1 year so if you fail the road test you won’t have to sit through the safety class again.
Take the test soon as others are mentioning that you will not be exempt from the written test starting May 3 even if you have a drivers license already.
Thank you! Sounds like it’s not too bad after all. And yes, that’s why I finally decided to get around to taking the test. I’ve gone to the practice areas, bit nervous I might have to give the road test a few tries before passing due to nerves haha
Sounds like it was alright for you on the first go though?
It wasn’t bad at all. I was a bit wobbly one or twice but that was just to make sure my wheel didn’t hit the line. As long as you can get through the straight line in more than 7 seconds without hitting the line everything else is relatively easy. Just exaggerate your head movement (looking left and right) everytime you start from a stopped position. I watched their scooter instructional video on the course before hand too.
My brother-in-law unfortunately didn’t pass the first time around and subsequently gave up on it… maybe not being exempt from the written beforehand will motivate him enough to give it another try.
You have to take a class which is all in Chinese , they will show you some safety videos , a ppt presentation about safety … you just need to listen and sign a form that you attended the class
After finish the class, then you have to do the written test in the computer room and finish with the driving test
Didn’t pass the first time around. I was too nervous and forgot to look both ways before proceeding through one section. Disappointing but I’ll give it another shot next week!
Also, I thought the safety class was actually pretty good. Sure there were parts when I didn’t fully understand what the teacher was saying, but imo the information was pretty valuable. No regrets there.
The doctor just said to me, lift up your arms, ok everything looks in working order and you do, in fact, have arms and legs and can fog a mirror. Passed
Fortunately I did a licence transfer and didn’t have to take the useless test and watch a video
I passed! Just gotta practice and not let the nervousness get you. Waiting in line for the test is rough, kid after kid coming out with tears welling up.
