How to get a Chinese Motorcycle License

**ywaik** · 06-05-2013, 06:35 AM

mmm that would be nice to get a hold of that book and I am jealous everyone in Shanghai gets the chance to take the test lol

**euphonius** · 06-05-2013, 06:40 AM

I'll ask him where he got it. Stay tuned.

cheers

**Graham** · 06-06-2013, 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by TB-Racing

Also, foreigners will not need a police permit to travel in China in their own vehicles.

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Hi TB,

can you throw more light on this?

External links?

Would that also include "Their own foreighn registered vehicles?"

Gra.

**TB-Racing** · 06-06-2013, 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by Graham

External links?

http://www.shanghaidaily.com

**lightend** · 06-06-2013, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by ywaik

i'm on a marriage visa

thats a long L visa then. you cant get a driving license on an L visa, you can get a temp driving license but not a full one. also I remember someone on here saying that you cant get a temp motorbike license.

**euphonius** · 06-06-2013, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by ywaik

mmm that would be nice to get a hold of that book and I am jealous everyone in Shanghai gets the chance to take the test lol

OK, my friend who showed me the nicely bound 500 rmb drivers license question bank told me his assistant found it on Taobao using the search phrase 英文交规考试题库2013. Sure enough, this kicks up links (in Chinese) for this book. Looks like this was produced by a visa agent in Shanghai.

With any luck, this will indeed be a standard national question bank. Whether cities across China are required to offer the drivers license test in English remains to be seen.

Good luck!
euphonius

**Graham** · 06-06-2013, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by lightend

thats a long L visa then. you cant get a driving license on an L visa, you can get a temp driving license but not a full one. also I remember someone on here saying that you cant get a temp motorbike license.

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Not sure that is correct statement.

I also have residence "L" visa, and had no problem for car&bike licence in shandong.
As far as I recollect, it is ANY visa, providing more than 90 days stay.

Gra.

**Miles82** · 06-06-2013, 04:16 PM

I took the test in English just a few days ago in Shanghai. I used the Drive in China app to practice and passed no problem.

Maybe English is not yet available in all cities?

**Miles82** · 06-06-2013, 04:20 PM

First post, and it looks like I hadn't waited for all the post in the thread to load before responding. Sorry for a post that repeated information about tests in English.

The Drive in China is definitely worth checking out though.

**lightend** · 06-06-2013, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by Graham

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Not sure that is correct statement.

I also have residence "L" visa, and had no problem for car&bike licence in shandong.
As far as I recollect, it is ANY visa, providing more than 90 days stay.

Gra.

really? oh, thank you for letting me know that. In GZ i was told it had to be a Z visa (perhaps just in GZ or perhaps just an annoyed official)