AM is for (mopeds) low power motor cycles, quads etc, but I have Full A, B, BE, B1,C1,C1E, D1, D1E. But no AM and neither does my wife, licence renewed 11/7/12. The mud will settle, maybe
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Nice bike ,does he let you ride it ,or do you claim parental rights . I sold my CBR600 2 years ago miss it badly but some of my joints had cried "enough" . my mate said I could have a ride on his Kawasaki 1400 thing , had a look on the web and I might not bother , they are so so quick , and my right hand and brain still have hooligan tendencies . I'm 61 so 9 years to start worrying about what to do with entitlements though , DVLA took a lot of entitlements off me when I had an ICD fitted ,that was all the 7500 kg stuff which I don't need . After Profjohn post I checked my licence again to make sure .EH52ARH said:Thanks JamesH, well I have another 6 years to go. Dont really want to lose any entitlments. Even if I dont use them all. And now my youngest son has me on his insurance for his Triumph Street triple, awsome bike.
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Lutz said:This is the first time I have read this topic so bear with me for replying so long after it was started, but there is one error regarding Category B licence entitlement in the link provided in the original post.
It states, quote:
1. For those drivers who passed their Practical Car Test between 1st January 1997 and 18th January 2013 inclusive:
i. If the towing vehicle has a MAM of 3500kgs then a trailer of up to 750kgs MAM is permitted
OR
ii. If the towing vehicle has a MAM of less than 3500kgs then a trailer can be towed provided that:
a) the towing vehicle MAM and the trailer MAM combined do not exceed 3500kgs
AND
b) the trailer MAM does not exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle.
Paragraph 1.ii.b is not correct. This limitation that was in effect until the 18th January 2013 was removed retroactively also for Category B licences issued between the 1st January 1997 and 18th January 2013.
Craigyoung said:... and as it happens I was driving behind a training school that does car trailer training and HGV training , whilst it was driving it had car and trailer & all the categories you can gain on the back and it said if you passed your licence after 97 you could not drive a combination that was in front off me ?
I think it was a Galaxy pulling the trailer now I thought you could up to the certain date like Lutz just said ?
( if I read that right ) :blink:
ProfJohnL said:This matter has been perplexing, because whilst several contributors had suggested the paragraph b had been repealed, I had been unable to find the repealing notice in published Acts Of Parliament. At this day I have still failed to find the relevant act or it's amendments, but I have written to the DLVA and received assurances the part b was repealed.
Craigyoung said:So anybody passing their test after 97 on a normal B car licence who thought they could pull a trailer when they could up until 2o13 when it all changed , now can't .. is that right ?
DVLA has to be one of the most complicated things ever !!![]()
Dustydog said:Prof,
The latest Road Traffic Act I can find was issued and passed by Parliament in 2015. Various Government authorities subsequently seem to have the power to add amendments or deletions. This Imdon’t understand as I thought an Act of Parliament couldn’t be altered??
The 2015 Act is available on the internet. It’s massive and will take some time to readGood luck B)
Raywood said:If you look on the CAMH website they give a summary of what you can drive on your licence. It should have enough detail for you to sort out any problem.
Dustydog said:Vehicle and Driving Licences Act
Help Prof.
My research to date says the DVLA edicts are based on law passed by Parliament. Not sure what the latest Act is above. They run through to very recently but then I may be wrong...