Can I drive a moped with category B? Can I tow a trailer weighing more than 750 kg with a car with category C? What category do I need to tow a trailer weighing more than 750 kg with a cargo van?
Can I drive a moped with a category B? Can I tow a trailer weighing more than 750 kg with a category C? What category do I need to tow a trailer weighing more than 750 kg with a cargo van?
We often get questions like these, so we decided to make an overview of all categories and a list of accompanying vehicle categories that you are allowed to drive if you have a certain category.
Important!
Follow only what is written on your driver's license (on the back), regardless of everything we have stated in this text.
So, if it is not written on the back of your driver's license that you can drive a certain category, it means that you are not allowed to drive that category.
Categories
We have listed all the categories, as stated in the Traffic Safety Act. There is also a legal definition of each category.
1) With the AM category you can also drive:
a) a motor cultivator
AM - Mopeds, light tricycles or light quadricycles.
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2) With the A1 category, you can also drive:
a) moped (AM)
b) motor cultivator
A1 - Motorcycles whose working engine volume is not greater than 125 cm3 and engine power up to 11 kW, whose ratio of engine power to vehicle mass is not greater than 0.1 kW/kg and heavy tricycles whose engine power does not exceed 15 kW.
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3) With the A2 category, you can also drive:
a) moped (AM)
b) A1
c) motor cultivator
A2 - Motorcycles whose engine power does not exceed 35 kW and whose ratio of engine power to vehicle mass does not exceed 0.2 kW/kg.
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4) With category A you can also drive:
a) moped (AM)
b) A1
c) A2
d) motor cultivator
A - Motorcycles and heavy tricycles whose engine power exceeds 15 kW.
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5) With the B1 category, you can also drive:
a) light tricycles
b) heavy tricycles whose engine power does not exceed 15 kW
c) light quadricycles
d) heavy quadricycles
e) motor cultivator
B1 - Heavy quadricycles.
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6) With category B you can also drive:
a) light tricycles
b) light quadricycles
c) heavy tricycles with an engine power not exceeding 15 kW
d) heavy quadricycles
e) heavy tricycles with an engine power exceeding 15 kW when you are 21 years old
f) B1
g) towing a trailer with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 750 kg
h) motor cultivator
B - Motor vehicles, except for vehicles in categories A, A1, A2, AM, F and M, with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3,500 kg and with no more than eight seats excluding the driver's seat.
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7) With category BE you can also drive:
a) identical to category B
BE - A set of vehicles whose towing vehicle belongs to category B, the maximum permissible mass of the trailer is greater than 750 kg, but not more than 3,500 kg.
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8) With category C1 you can also drive:
a) tow a trailer whose maximum permissible mass is not greater than 750 kg
b) a motor cultivator
C1 - Motor vehicles, except for vehicles of categories A, A1, A2, AM, F, M, B, D and D1, whose maximum permissible mass is greater than 3,500 kg, but not more than 7,500 kg.
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9) With the C1E category you can also drive:
a) a set of vehicles of category BE
b) a motor cultivator
C1E - A set of vehicles whose towing vehicle falls into category C1, and the maximum permissible mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kg and the maximum permissible mass of the combination does not exceed 12,000 kg, as well as a set of vehicles whose towing vehicle falls into category B, and the maximum permissible mass of the trailer exceeds 3,500 kg and the maximum permissible mass of the combination does not exceed 12,000 kg.
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10) With the C category you can also drive:
a) C1
b) towing a trailer whose maximum permissible mass does not exceed 750 kg
c) a motor cultivator
C - Motor vehicles, except for categories A, A1, A2, AM, F, M, B, D and D1, whose maximum permissible mass exceeds 3,500 kg.
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11) With the CE category you can also drive:
a) a group of vehicles in category C1E
b) a group of vehicles in category DE, but only if you have category D
c) a group of vehicles in category BE
d) a motor cultivator
CE - A group of vehicles whose towing vehicle belongs to category C, and the maximum permissible mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kg.
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12) With the D1 category you can also drive:
a) to tow a trailer whose maximum permissible mass does not exceed 750 kg
b) a motor cultivator
D1 - Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, which, in addition to the driver's seat, have more than eight and a maximum of 16 seats and whose maximum length does not exceed eight meters.
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13) With the D1E category you can also drive:
a) a group of vehicles in category BE
b) a motor cultivator
D1E - A group of vehicles whose towing vehicle belongs to category D1, and the maximum permissible mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kg.
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14) With category D you can also drive:
a) D1
b) tow a trailer with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 750 kg
c) a motor cultivator
D - Moto rna vehicles for the transport of persons, which in addition to the driver's seat have more than eight seats.
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15) With the DE category you can also drive:
a) a set of vehicles in category D1E
b) a set of vehicles in category BE
c) a motor cultivator
DE - A set of vehicles whose towing vehicle belongs to category D, and the maximum permissible mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kg.
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16) With the F category you can also drive:
a) a tractor
b) a working machine
c) a motor cultivator
F - Tractors with or without trailers and working machines.
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Conclusion
We repeat - if your driving license does not say that you are allowed to drive a certain category, it means that you are not allowed to drive it regardless of what is written in this text.
We have to repeat this because someone may misunderstand what they are allowed to drive and what they are not allowed to drive, and thus receive a very severe fine.
This text is only to inform drivers who plan to take the test for a specific category, so that they know which other categories of vehicles they will be allowed to drive in addition to the category they are taking the test for.
Namely, the Traffic Safety Act states: "The driver's license shall include all categories of vehicles that the driver is entitled to drive under the provisions of this article."
