camcondor
Free Member
At the risk of sparking up a flame war
I just want to clarify the towing entitlements for these driving licence categories.......
As I understand it, B+E entitles the holder to drive a motor vehicle up to 3500kg and tow ANY TRAILER - the exact weight of the trailer not being defined in the regulations, but obviously for safety purposes the trailer would not exceed the GVM of the towing vehicle.
Now C1+E allows the "grandfather right" to drive a vehicle up to 7500kg BUT the trailer may not exceed 750kg unless the holder passes a further test for a full C+E licence?? So theoretically then, people using their C1+E licence to drive, say an RV of 7500kg, would be limited to a toad under 750kg meaning that many are driving/ towing outside of the permitted entitlements??
I don't want to get involved in the old arguments that RV drivers apparently do not legally need a C1 or C licence and can drive them on a B.....JUST THE TOWING ENTITLEMENTS.


As I understand it, B+E entitles the holder to drive a motor vehicle up to 3500kg and tow ANY TRAILER - the exact weight of the trailer not being defined in the regulations, but obviously for safety purposes the trailer would not exceed the GVM of the towing vehicle.
Now C1+E allows the "grandfather right" to drive a vehicle up to 7500kg BUT the trailer may not exceed 750kg unless the holder passes a further test for a full C+E licence?? So theoretically then, people using their C1+E licence to drive, say an RV of 7500kg, would be limited to a toad under 750kg meaning that many are driving/ towing outside of the permitted entitlements??
I don't want to get involved in the old arguments that RV drivers apparently do not legally need a C1 or C licence and can drive them on a B.....JUST THE TOWING ENTITLEMENTS.
