Simplifying driving licence upgrade and motorcycle test rules

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is seeking views on proposals to:

• allow drivers who pass a driving test in certain categories of automatic vehicles to drive a manual vehicle in that category, as long as they can already drive a manual vehicle in a different category
• reduce the minimum motorcycle engine capacity that’s needed for a standard motorcycle (subcategory A2) test from 395cc to 245cc

The categories of vehicles the first proposal affects are:

• car and trailers (B+E)
• medium-sized lorries (C1), and medium-sized lorries towing a trailer (C1+E)
• minibuses (D1), and minibuses towing a trailer (D1+E)