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DRIVING LICENCE CATEGORIES EXPLAINED

Vehicles you can drive

Motorcycles	Category	Minimum Age
Moped; engine not exceeding 50cc, max speed 50km/h	P	16
Light motorcycles; engine not exceeding 125cc and a power output not exceeding 11kw	A1	17
Motorcycles/Motorcycle combinations up to 25kw and a power. Weight ratio not exceeding 0.16W/kg.	A	17
Any size motorcycle with or without a sidecar	A	21*

* Age 21 if the rider passed the test for large motorcycles as part of the Direct Access scheme, or two years from the date of test pass if the rider passed the test on a standard A motorcycle (power output up to 25 kW (33 bhp) or a power to weight ratio not exceeding 0.16kW/kg.)

Three of four wheeled light vehicles	Category	Minimum Age
Motor tricycles/quadricycles, three or four wheeled vehicles with an unladen weight not exceeding 550kg	B1	17*

Cars with and without trailers	Category	Minimum Age
Motor vehicles with a MAM not exceeding 3500kg having not more than Eight passenger seats with a trailer up to 750kg. Combinations of towing vehicles in category B and a trailer where the MAM of the combination does not exceed 3500kg and the MAM of the trailer does not exceed the unladen mass of the towing vehicle	B	17*

Buses with or without trailers	Category	Minimum Age
Any Bus with more than eight passenger seats with a trailer up to 750kg	D	21*
Any Bus with more than eight passenger seats with a trailer over 750kg	D+E	21

* Age 17 if member of armed foces
* Age 18 while learning to drive or taking a passenger carrying vehicle (PCV) test; or not engaged in the carriage of passengers; or after passing a PCV test when:

Driving on a regular service where the route does not exceed 50km
Driving a PCV constructed under a public service vehicle (PSV) operator’s licence or permit

Other Categories	Category	Minimum Age
Agricultural tractors	F	17*
Road rollers	G	21**
Tracked vehicles	H	21***
Mowing machine or vehicle controlled by a pedestrian	K	16
Mopeds	P	16

* Age 16 for tractors less than 2.45m wide, it must only pull trailers less than 2.45m wide with two wheels, or four close-coupled
** Age 17 for small road rollers, they must not be steam powered, weigh more than 11.69 tonnes or be made for carrying loads
*** Age 17 if the MAM of the tracked vehicle does not exceed 3500kg

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