LICENCE INFO
ASK THE POLICE UK ;
Click on the link below to view the answer to the question "
What is the law relating to three wheel vehicles?
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Licences issued between 1976 and 1986
Old Category ; C
Vehicles you could drive ;
Any motor trike less than 410kg (500kg laden)
Category from 2013 ; B1*
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Licences issued between 1976 and 1986
Old Category ; D
Vehicles you could drive ;
Motorbike
Category from 2013 ; A1 , A2 and A* { depending on the size of the motorbike }
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Licences issued between 1986 and June 1990
Old Category ; C
Vehicles you could drive ;
Vehicle with 4 wheels up to 400kg unladen
Category from 2013 ; B1*
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Licences issued between 1986 and June 1990
Old Category ; D
Vehicles you could drive ;
Motorbike
Category from 2013 ; A1 , A2 and A* { depending on the size of the motorbike }
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Licences issued between June 1990 and December 1996
Old Category ; A
Vehicles you could drive ;
Motorbike with maximum speed of more than 50km/h or with engine over 50cc
Category from 2013 ; A1 , A2 and A* { depending on the size of the motorbike }
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Licences issued between June 1990 and December 1996
Old Category ; B1
Vehicles you could drive ;
Vehicle with 4 wheels up to 400kg unladen or 550kg if intended to carry goods
Category from 2013 ; B1*
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Licences issued between January 1997 and 14 October 2012
Old Category ; A
Vehicles you could drive ;
Motorbikes up to 25kW power output and power weight ratio up to 0.16kW/kg ;
motorbikes with sidecar and power weight ratio up to 0.16kW/kg ;
any size motorbike, with or without a sidecar if you’ve completed the large motorbike direct access scheme
Category from 2013 ; A*
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Licences issued between January 1997 and 14 October 2012
Old Category ; B1
Vehicles you could drive ;
3 or 4-wheeled vehicles up to 400kg unladen or 550kg if intended to carry goods
Category from 2013
B1* for 4-wheeled vehicles ; A* (restricted to trikes)
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Category A*
You can drive:
- motorbikes with a power output more than 35kW or a power to weight ratio more than 0.2kW/kg
- motor tricycles with a power output more than 15kW
- Light vehicles and quad bikes
- Category B1*
- You can drive ;
- motor vehicles with 4 wheels up to 400kg unladen or 550kg if they’re designed for carrying goods.
- Light vehicles and quad bikes
Car Licence holders
Category B
You can drive ;
Motor tricycles with a power output higher than 15kW if you are over 21 years old.
Physically disabled drivers with provisional category B entitlement will also have provisional entitlement to ride category A1 or A motor tricycles.
Able-bodied drivers can no longer ride motor tricycles with a provisional category B licence.
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