{"id":942,"date":"2014-03-20T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=942"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:20:55","slug":"changes-to-lorry-bus-and-motorcycle-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/changes-to-lorry-bus-and-motorcycle-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Lorry, Bus and Motorcycle Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lorry and bus drivers<\/h2>\n<p>From\u00a010 April, the changes will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>remove the need for 8-forward gear ratios for large test vehicles (category C, C+E)<\/li>\n<li>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)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Motorbike riders<\/h2>\n<p>From\u00a010 April, the following changes are being introduced to allow more flexibility:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>reduce the minimum engine power requirement for medium motorcycles (category A2) from 25kW to 20kW<\/li>\n<li>let drivers of cars to also drive large trikes above 15KW power if aged 21 or over<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There will be more changes from\u00a031 December 2018, where DVSA will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>raise the minimum engine power requirement for large motorcycles (category A) from 40kW to 50kW<\/li>\n<li>introduce a minimum mass weight requirement for large motorcycles (category A) of 175kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are learning your <a href=\"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/highway-code\/heavy-vehicle\/\">lorry theory, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are learning your <a href=\"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/highway-code\/bus\/\">passenger vehicle theory, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are learning your <a href=\"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/highway-code\/motorbike\/\">motorcycle theory, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorry and bus drivers From\u00a010 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<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/changes-to-lorry-bus-and-motorcycle-rules\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,93,3,95],"tags":[167,8],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heavy-vehicle","category-motorbike-2","category-news","category-passenger-vehicle","tag-dvsa","tag-licence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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