What does my licence say I can drive?

henrygregory

Maybe it is just me, but these things don't seem all that clear at all.

I am 28 and passed my car test when I was about 19/20.

I have just had my shiny new licence through and I notice on the back that it has date of issue and expiry dates for the following categories:
AM
A
B1
B
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As far as I can see from the little pictures, B is the car - that makes sense.

I have searched on google and AM appears to be a moped.

You can drive 2-wheeled vehicles with a maximum design speed of over 25km/h (15.5mph) but not more than 45km/h (28mph).

A seems to be:

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

What sort of motorbike would have a power output of more than 35kw? It doesn't seem to have a limit to the power output, but I know if you wanted a really powerful bike, you would need an A1 and then A2.

Any help would be great

AdrianC

https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence will show you, in quite a bit of detail, what you are and aren't allowed to drive/ride.

If you've not passed a bike test, then the Cat A will have information code 79(tri) after it - which means trikes only.

Richard53

The A group is the motorcycle entitlement from the days before power limits. It means 'test passed, can drive any bike'. Either you have overlooked an extra bit of code or it's a misprint.

marlot

The latest licences do have cat A, but with an endorsement for trikes only. I only noticed it because my wife's new licence has it - I thought they'd made a mistake at first, and given her a full bike licence.

marlot

I suspect this is registered as a bike rather than a trike?

http://www.gizmag.com/yamaha-tricity-three-wheeler-tilting/31370/