Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Motorbike licenses in Japan: The course

Here's a map of (most of) the grounds of the driving school annotated with my route for the sixth lesson, which apparently I will practice on a simulator before trying for 'real'!

Maybe not as strange as it sounds at first. Up until now most of my training has been done in the top section, practising cornering and balance skills. I've been around the edge of the large rectangular course a few times too, to practice changing into top gear, and there are always half a dozen other cars and maybe one heavy equipment vehicle on the course at any given time so I'll have to deal with them as well as the course as described. I still find it funny that I'll be 'riding' a simulator before going out into the simulated driving conditions of an artificial course...