How to get the licence, explained out loud

Season 1, the scooter licence

1. 1

   Do you even need to take the exam?

   7:42 min

   Before you spend a single hour studying, there is a question worth asking, and almost nobody asks it first. Do you actually need to take this exam at all?

2. 2

   The fee sheet, and the twelve thousand you can skip

   7:09 min

   This is the episode that pays for the time you are spending on this whole season.

3. 3

   The paperwork, and the ARC rule everyone reads backwards

   5:36 min

   This episode is about the boring half hour that decides whether your exam day happens at all.

4. 4

   The test that blocks your booking

   6:37 min

   Here is a thing that is not in most guides, that the booking system will not warn you about in advance, and that stops people cold on the day they try to reserve their exam.

5. 5

   Booking a slot without wasting the trip

   8:33 min

   You do not just turn up.

6. 6

   Exam day, hour by hour

   6:20 min

   This is the episode about the shape of the day. Not how to pass anything, just what happens and in what order, so that nothing on the day is a surprise.

7. 7

   The written test

   8:12 min

   I need to start this episode with a warning, because this is the part of the process where the information you will find online is most likely to be wrong.

8. 8

   The riding test, item by item

   10:56 min

   This is the episode I would most want a friend to hear before their test.

9. 9

   You passed, now what

   5:29 min

   You passed. Both halves. This episode is the short one, about the counter, the card, and the one piece of admin that catches people years later when they have long stopped thinking about any of this.