Driving Licence Question

[BigGingerBob]

I have just got a new license as I have moved house. As the new ones look crap I was showing my mates, one of them flagged up that it looks like it says I have the ability to ride proper motorbikes. What do the dates by the categories mean? I I can't find anything on the internet that answers my question.

[SS2.]

10 - The earliest date from which a driving category is valid from.

11 - The date until which a driving category is valid to.

[Slidingpillar]

No, you have trikes! That is what 79 following the group means.

Blame the 3rd European Driving licence directive for moving trikes from B and B1 to A.

[BigGingerBob]

What I'm really asking is what am I allowed to drive/ride.

P.S. Sorry about the poor formatting, I'm on my phone.

[vonhosen]

As slidingpillar said above.
Your A category is limited to '79(tri)', which means you can ride trikes.

'AM' Category is

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

This category also includes light quad bikes with:

unladen mass of not more than 350kg (not including batteries if its an electric vehicle)
maximum design speed of over 25km/h (15.5mph) but not more than 45km/h (28mph)

The start dates for them are the dates that licensing changes took place creating those new categories, you could previously ride them under other categories before they were moved following the changes.

Edited by vonhosen on Saturday 24th May 16:03

[BigGingerBob]

Smashing, thanks for clearing that up.
I was unsure about whether there was a mistake on it, that's all.

[R0G]

BigGingerBob said:

I have just got a new license as I have moved house. As the new ones look crap I was showing my mates, one of them flagged up that it looks like it says I have the ability to ride proper motorbikes. What do the dates by the categories mean? I I can't find anything on the internet that answers my question.

So you were born on 24th September 1991

[BigGingerBob]

25th!

[BigGingerBob]

25th!

[SV8Predator]

BigGingerBob said:

I'm on my phone.

Be careful of that. Anusol can act as a lubricant, you know?