In one sentence…
You can drive motor vehicles over 3,500 kg MAM, excluding D1/D, for up to eight passengers plus the driver, with a trailer up to 750 kg.
The C licence lets you drive motor vehicles over 3,500 kg MAM, excluding D1/D, for up to eight passengers plus the driver, with a trailer up to 750 kg; the standard minimum age is 21.
| Minimum age | The standard minimum age is 21. From age 18 with the ordinary initial CAP professional qualification. |
|---|---|
| What you can drive | motor vehicles over 3,500 kg MAM, excluding D1/D, for up to eight passengers plus the driver, with a trailer up to 750 kg. |
| Prerequisites | You need a valid B licence. |
| Tests | Specific theory test. Practical closed-track and road tests. A valid C1 licence exempts you from the specific theory test. |
| Fee | Fee 2.1: €94.05 · 2 exam sittings. |
| Validity and renewal | 5 years under age 65; 3 years from age 65. Validity may be shortened for medical reasons. Renewal requires continued fitness to drive. |
You must also meet the general requirements in article 7, including fitness to drive and the residence or study-stay requirements for foreign applicants.
Sources:BOE · art. 4BOE · art. 5BOE · art. 7BOE · art. 12BOE · art. 13BOE · art. 54BOE · annex VDGT
Professional-vehicle pathway
C focuses on rigid vehicles, masses and dimensions, safe loading, maintenance and driving times. Its lessons and questions start from those professional responsibilities.
The syllabus
A C licence - Truck driver must master the goods-transport framework: authorised category, visibility, the vehicle's masses and dimensions, stowage, route and the prudence obligations of driving a heavy vehicle. This topic brings together licence, load, signs and daily responsibility.
Master the hierarchy between officers, circumstantial signalling, traffic lights, vertical signs and road markings, and study the current official catalogue paying attention to the most recent updates. For the C licence - Truck, always add the restrictions specific to goods and heavy vehicles.
Technique with a truck demands looking well ahead, managing the blind spot, using the brakes smoothly and changing pace well in advance. The heavier the vehicle, the less margin there is to improvise, especially with a load or in narrow environments.
Driving and rest times are road-safety and labour regulations. For professional licences you must memorise the base limits of Regulation (EC) 561/2006 and understand their preventive logic, because the aim is to avoid fatigue and unsafe decisions.
Preventive maintenance of trucks and goods vehicles is part of road safety: it avoids breakdowns, reduces braking distance, improves stability and cuts down on errors in the exam and in real driving. In the C licence - Truck, basic checks are part of driving with anticipation.
Safe loading isn't just a logistics matter: incorrect stowage shifts the centre of gravity, lengthens braking distance and can cause a rollover or objects to fall onto the road. In the C licence - Truck, study it as a matter of safety, responsibility and anticipation.
When's your exam?
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This guide covers the C licence in English. For the full picture — practice tests, lessons and glossary in one place — see the Spanish driving theory test in English.
The C licence is a professional permit for driving trucks over 3,500 kg. Specific theory test. Practical closed-track and road tests. A valid C1 licence exempts you from the specific theory test. Topics cover goods transport regulations, driving and rest times, tachograph, and load safety.
Practice with real questions and up-to-date exam simulations.
