Lorry and bus drivers
From 10 April, the changes will:
- remove the need for 8-forward gear ratios for large test vehicles (category C, C+E)
- let people who take a lorry or bus test (category C, C+E and D, D+E) in an automatic vehicle to get a manual entitlement for those vehicles, if they already have a manual entitlement for cars, lorries or buses, with or without trailers (category B, B+E, C, C+E, C1, C1+E, D, D+E, D1+E)
Motorbike riders
From 10 April, the following changes are being introduced to allow more flexibility:
- reduce the minimum engine power requirement for medium motorcycles (category A2) from 25kW to 20kW
- let drivers of cars to also drive large trikes above 15KW power if aged 21 or over
There will be more changes from 31 December 2018, where DVSA will:
- raise the minimum engine power requirement for large motorcycles (category A) from 40kW to 50kW
- introduce a minimum mass weight requirement for large motorcycles (category A) of 175kg
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