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4HE FIRST )!- AFFILIATED @'ROUP WAS FORMED IN IN .OTTINGHAM WHICH NOT ONLY DEALT WITH THE PROMOTION OF ROAD SAFETY BUT ALSO ACTED AS A SOCIAL NETWORK FOR ITS MEMBERS IN THE LOCAL AREA 4HE 'ROUP MODEL PROVED VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED OF THEM COVERING MOST REGIONS IN THE "RITISH )SLES FROM #ORNWALL TO 3COTLAND AND .ORTHERN )RELAND HAVING ITS DISTINCT @)RISH !DVANCED -OTORISTS 4HESE GROUPS INITIALLY DEALT WITH ADVANCED DRIVING ONLY BUT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE !DVANCED -OTORCYCLE 4EST IN HERALDED A NEW ERA 7HE FIRST PERSON TO TAKE THE MOTORCYCLE TEST WAS ,ORD 3TRATHCARRON n MOTORING JOURNALIST CHAIRMAN OF THE !LL 0ARTY 0ARLIAMENTARY -OTORCYCLE 'ROUP AND A TWENTY YEAR )!- #OUNCIL -EMBER n SINCE WHICH TIME THE TEST HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS POSSIBLY THE HIGHEST ACCOLADE A CIVILIAN MOTORCYCLIST COULD ACHIEVE FOR COMPETENCE IN RIDING ABILITY AND CERTAINLY THE MOST WIDELY RECOGNISED !ND WHO IS TAKING IT NOW ,OOKING AT THE STATISTICS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ENROLLED ONTO THE ADVANCED RIDING PROGRAMME WERE MALE AND WERE FEMALE /F THEM HAVE TAKEN THE TEST AND PASSED WERE STILL TO BOOK A TEST AND THE REMAINING WERE STILL IN TRAINING WHEN THE STATS WERE COMPILED 4HE AVERAGE AGE GROUP IS THE BRACKET ) CAN T SPEAK FOR ANY OF THEM IN TERMS OF WHY THEY DECIDED TO TAKE THE @3KILL FOR ,IFE ADVANCED RIDERS COURSE n THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY THEY MIGHT n BUT ) CAN DO FOR ONE WHO ENROLLED IN BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS ME , TOOK MY MOTORCYCLE TEST THREE TIMES BEFORE ) FINALLY PASSED IN AND ) TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ONLY AFTER PASSING MY TEST THAT ) REALLY LEARNED HOW TO RIDE 3URE
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