Vehicle Categories

The main non – LGV (unified) licence categories are:

Category A: Motor cycles (with or without a sidecar), including tricycles and mopeds.

Category B: Motor vehicles with:

• A maximum authorised mass (MAM) not over 3,500kg
• A maximum of 8 seats (not including the driver’s seat)

Trailers being towed by vehicles in this category must either:

• Be not more than 750kg MAM – making a maximum authorised Train Weight of 4,250kg
• Have a MAM which does not: – exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle
• Have a MAM which does not: – Have a train weight exceeding 3,500kg

Drivers of vehicles in this category wishing to tow trailers which do not comply with either of the above conditions must have a B + E entitlement.