grandfather Driving rights

AdrianC

'course, the irony is that the OP almost certainly can drive a <16 passenger seat minibus on his current licence. What he can't do is drive a >3.5t vehicle, but there's plenty of 12-passenger minibuses that aren't over 3.5t.

And if the passengers are paying - even contributing towards the fuel and rental cost alone - then the mate can't drive anything 9+ passengers legally, either.

https://www.gov.uk/driving-a-minibus

custardy

Ahhhh,basking in a pre 97 test pass glow.

EssexExile

If the OP knew how simple the test was in the 60s he'd be even more annoyed!

AdrianC

custardy wrote: »

Ahhhh,basking in a pre 97 test pass glow.

Yeh, us "elderly" (does mid 40s count, OP?) can do that...

Aylesbury_Duck

custardy wrote: »

Ahhhh,basking in a pre 97 test pass glow.

:rotfl: I’m going to get my licence out, give it a polish and revel in all those outrageous categories it lists. Mmmm.

Gotta go, there’s a box van and trailer with my name on it that’s just begging to be shown a good time in the lanes round here. Toodle-pip, youngsters!

KateBob

AdrianC wrote: »

Yeh, us "elderly" (does mid 40s count, OP?) can do that...

Hey, some of us are only in our early 40's

custardy wrote: »

Ahhhh,basking in a pre 97 test pass glow.

In deed, I'm thinking of hiring a mini bus and trailer, then I'm going to figure out what all those extra letters at the bottom of my licence (fklnp) mean and drive those too.

AdrianC

Don't get too excited - it's things like tractors, and walk-behind mowers and pallet trucks...

P is mopeds... (Full - no L plates, and you don't need a CBT unlike the yoof)

Aylesbury_Duck

AdrianC wrote: »

P is mopeds... (Full - no L plates, and you don't need a CBT unlike the yoof)

Whaaaattt? Jeez, OP is going to combust when he reads this.

maisie_cat

It's the way of the world, standards change but are not retrospective.
Imagine if every time the building regs changed we all had to update our houses?

KateBob

AdrianC wrote: »

Don't get too excited - it's things like tractors, and walk-behind mowers and pallet trucks...

P is mopeds... (Full - no L plates, and you don't need a CBT unlike the yoof)

Damn it, I actually did my CBT many (far to many to remember) years ago and then never did anything with it anyway. Now I discover I didn't even need to bother!