Vehicle Classification And Liscencing

[bob]

Hiya,

I'm 17 at the moment and taking driving lessons, hopefully putting in for my test soon. It used to be the law that anybody could drive any car under seven and a half tonnes after passing their driving test, but now it seems that there are loads of new laws, including not being allowed to pull a trailer with a maximum laden mass of over three quaters of a tonne without taking a test, or being allowed to drive a large van weighing over 3.5 tonnes without a C1 class liscence.

I have had a look on the DVLA and DSA websites, but it is not very clearly explained, when I have passed my test will I have to take another test to drive a class C1 vehicle or will it be added to my liscence once I am 18?

Cheers if anybody knows, I'm going to check with my driving instructor, but I haven't a lesson for a week and I'm a little confused.

Bob

[diesel dan]

Does your road traffic Authority offer a book of road rules and regulations for leaners?

Ours does and it's quite handy. Not that i have had to look at it for 14 years now

[rabie]

anyone who got a licence after 1997 need a trailer licence to tow a large trailer (ie caravan) or a twin axle trailer

ie average joe towing a small trailer is legal

but you can't tow a caravan and you can't tow a car trailer (as they are almost all twin axle)

its a complex area of law but getting a trailer licence is now on my too do list

[dale]

Hi, you will have to take a test to drive anything over 3.5t if you pased after 1997[practical and theory]