Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

I will be moving to Spain with no driving license - and unless I suddenly get the money to do an intensive driving course there is nothing that I can do about this!
So, my question is, would I be able to ride any sort of scooter / moped? I note that young kids ride them out there and surely they aren't old enough to hold a driving license yet most people have said that I need a driving license?
Is there any sort of vehicle I will be able to ride or will it have to be walking and buses?!

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

at 15 they can ride a 50cc moto or drive an AIXAM 50cc car- they do have to take a test for either though

I believe at 16 (so my getting on for 16 year old tells me) they can graduate to a 125cc - but again, they have totake a test

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

Only an idiot would attempt to ride / drive a motor vehicle without taking lessons and / or passing a driving test.

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

Yep, it went up from 14 to 15 last year! I still think that's far too young but then I am of the 'older' generation!:thumbsup:

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

so do I .........we've been holding out - she was 15 in Feb - tried to talk us into letting her do her test before it changed last summer...........

we'll probably let her do her test after the summer & get her a 50cc at xmas - then she'll be nearly 16

she of course wants a 125 for her 16th birthday.........................not a hope

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And none of that takes into account people driving every size, from 50cc to Harleys, without any protective gear (sometimes not even a helmet). I mangled a knee bigtime coming off a small Honda when I was 16 and just wearing a skirt. Never again, and I literally wince when I see them in bare legs. Tempting, sure, but:eek::eek::eek:

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

to be fair - they do have 'driving lessons' as part of the school curriculum from a very young age - 5 iirc

the policía local go to the school & they do 'road awareness' in the playground with bikes & scooters, with traffic cones & so on

every year they do more - at some point they are taken onto the road on their bikes & by the time they leave primary school they have been to somewhere like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewbrFlCo2Ao

and hare around on go-karts - my older dd went there - my younger one went somewhere else.....the policía took them & supervised & they get a certificate (or not, of course, if they fail)

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

Yes, but knowing how to ride a bike and actually putting on the gear to prevent gutwrenching injury are two different things....

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

well the deal with dd is.......... at least a year following the rules & no prangs............then we THINK about the 125

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

I hope the test has improved. When my kids took it, it was theory only!

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

it pretty much is just theory - but together with all the road awareness stuff they do at school I'm not TOO worried

unfortunately I know too many kids whose parents have bought them the motos but couldn't quite 'find the money' for the test, who are let loose on the roads :frown:

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

There is no such thing in Spain as a provisional license, so all people driving, riding MUST have passed a test, which like the UK is theory and practical. You can only learn through a driving school.

Re: Will I be able to ride a scooter?
 

I would just add the that by pointing out that even if you have a UK provisional licence it is not valid in Spain.