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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to request that the DSA continues to provide motorcycle test facilities in the Barrow-in-Furness and the South Lakes areas in compliance with its policy that most motorcycle test customers should be able to reach their nearest test centre within 45 minutes, traveling no more than 20 miles. More details

Submitted by Bob Gerry – Deadline to sign up by: 10 October 2008 – Signatures: 411

Petition update, 28 October 2008

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "request that the DSA continues to provide motorcycle test facilities in the Barrow-in-Furness and the South Lakes areas in compliance with its policy that most motorcycle test customers should be able to reach their nearest test centre within 45 minutes, traveling no more than 20 miles."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page17306


Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

At the end of September 2008 the DSA are closing the motorcycle test centres in Barrow-in-Furness and Kendal. The alternatives will be the proposed Multi-Purpose Test Centres at Blackburn and Carlisle. The result of this decision is that motorcyclists currently using the Barrow centre will now need to make a round trip of 156 miles to Blackburn (158 miles to Carlisle). The round trip is likely to take approximately 5 hours and require them to negotiate the busy cities of Lancaster and Preston en route. On top of this they will be asked to take their tests on completely unfamiliar roads. We believe the above situation is totally unacceptable. For inexperienced riders to travel these sorts of distances in the summer will be bad enough; in the winter it will be positively dangerous and expose the most vulnerable group of motorcyclists to unacceptable risk.

Current signatories

Bob Gerry, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
  • Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/noavspeedcameras/)
  • David E. Smith
  • Ian Clark
  • Martin Crooks
  • George Adams
  • John Holden (petitions.pm.gov.uk/Thereisnogod)
  • Tom Biles
  • Rajeev Sood
  • Duncan Kaye
  • IAN ROBERT PEEL
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  • Martin Murray
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  • Frank Whiteway
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  • drew rathbone
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  • Patrick B Collins
  • john walker
  • Keith Edwards
  • Ian Edwards
  • Douglas Logan
  • Mark Burley
  • Jane Bookham
  • Philip Evans
  • Brian Hartlebury
  • William Pearson-Gee
  • G Connor
  • Andrew Watson
  • M Watson
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  • david freeman
  • Trevor Ward
  • Simon Shields
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  • jeffrey blenkarn
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  • Paul Thompson
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  • David Foreman
  • Stella Glessal
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