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• Updated: 5 December 2023

What you need to do to ride a motorcycle, moped or motor tricycle - tests and training, minimum ages, vehicle requirements, new licence rules

• Overview

  There are different rules if you held a motorcycle or moped licence before…

• Licences issued before 19 January 2013

  If you held a motorcycle or moped licence before 19 January 2013 then…

• Bike categories, ages and licence requirements

  Licence category Requirements for licence Minimum age Mopeds with speed…

• Safety equipment

  Helmet You must wear a safety helmet when riding a motorcycle on the road.…

Rules for cyclists, including an overview, road junctions, roundabouts and crossing the road.

• Updated: 29 January 2022

This series brings together all documents relating to Section 28 Directions

• Updated: 10 October 2012

When to book your motorcycle, moped or scooter tests, what to take with you, what happens during the tests, major and minor faults, and what happens if your test is cancelled

The standards set out what it takes to be a safe and responsible driver, rider or cyclist, and to provide training to drivers, riders and cyclists.

• Updated: 18 October 2018

What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.

• Updated: 22 June 2022

Guidance for driving examiners carrying out motorcycle tests.

• Updated: 5 December 2024

Who The Highway Code is for, how it's worded, the consequences of not following the rules, self-driving vehicles, and the hierarchy of road users (Rules H1 to H3).

• Updated: 1 July 2022

The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.

• Updated: 26 April 2023