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31 Oct 2007, 18:42 (Ref:2056143) | #1 | ||
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testing-what licence do you need?
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i was wondering what license do you require to test formula fords at general test/track days? thanks |
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You're right there falce, I went to a "track day" to test my car that had a misfire problem, and just took my race licence. However the powers that be did phone Swansea to check so all was not lost !
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31 Oct 2007, 20:47 (Ref:2056266) | #4 | ||
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thanks for the reply
so does this mean that if you are 16 and have not done your ards then you wont be able to test a car untill you do? |
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I wouldn't have thought so and you won't be able to do a track day either.
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There may be times that unlicensed /under age drivers can drive round a circuit but not on general track days.
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A point of interest do you have to have a road licence to get a normal Nat A or B licence. Why I ask this is in my dim and distant past I got banned on the road 2 or 3 times but still carried on racing. This was about 25 or so years ago perhaps things have altered.
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These days, Gordon, if you get banned on the road, your race licence is also invalid for the period of the ban.
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Which I think is quite bloody ridiculous especially if the ban was imposed from a penalty points system and accumulated for minor speeding offences, smacks of hypocrosy to me. Do they ask you for details of a your current driving licence when you apply for a race licence? I cannot recollect forwarding that information so what on earth does it have to do with MSA or FIA if you dont have a current road licence for whatever reason? I continued racing HotRods with a driving ban years ago but then again they always seemed to have a more sensible down to earth attitude to things.
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1 Nov 2007, 10:11 (Ref:2056683) | #10 | |
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There are several formulas which allow 16 year olds to compete, how do they get on when they want to test?
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They have MSA licences.
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No,They pay thier money and go along and do the ARDS course!
Not sure if the "No Road Licence" thing still stands,I know it used to be that way,but I thought it had changed a couple of years ago? |
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quote=Al Weyman I continued racing HotRods with a driving ban years ago but then again they always seemed to have a more sensible down to earth attitude to things.[/quote]
You ain't wrong there Al! Last edited by GORDON STREETER; 1 Nov 2007 at 13:46. |
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Although I have never tested the system, I have always believed that speeding wouldn't be taken seriously by the MSA, but drink driving would. If that really is the case it is at least a blow for common sense on both counts.
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You've all got me worried now. I am potentially going to lose my road licence for a year, due to "dangerous driving" even though I am 100% innocent, if I have my racing car up n running by next year I thought I could race during my road ban.
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Cheers col. I will appeal it if I get banned, they have no evidence against me, all the evidence is with me.
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Can someone point to where it mentions that you need a car licence to hold an MSA licence, after all how many SaxMax or T car drivers hold full UK car licences? |
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If they have "No Evidence",How come you have recieved the N.I.P?.I should have thought you'd be better off ensuring you dont lose you' license rather than appealing after you've lost it!.Sometimes the appeal system can take longer than the ban. |
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You do not need a full UK License in order to take your ARDs. Whether it can cause problems or not at the individual circuit ie are they happy to let you out to take your test I don't know, but there are circuits where you definitely don't need a full UK license.
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