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With an ordinary category B licence, may you drive a conventional passenger car with a MAM of 3,800 kg, with no trailer or applicable special exception?

Correct answer

No, it exceeds the authorised MAM in this situation.

No. The general B rule limits the vehicle to a MAM of 3,500 kg and eight passengers besides the driver. Three years of holding B does not raise that limit; the national A1 motorcycle entitlement is separate. The exception up to 4,250 kg requires, among other conditions, alternative-fuel goods transport and holding B for more than two years, and does not apply to this passenger car. Code 96 covers certain trailer combinations, not a higher permitted MAM for this car.

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  • No, it exceeds the authorised MAM in this situation.

  • Yes, B permits any motor vehicle.

  • Yes, simply holding B for three years is enough.

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