Towing: licence and age requirements: Information based on your answers
Category B
You can usually drive a vehicle and trailer with a combined weight of up to 8,250kg MAM (maximum authorised mass). View your driving licence information to check.
You’re also allowed to drive a minibus with a trailer over 750kg MAM.
Category BE test
The size of the trailer depends on the BE ‘valid from’ date shown on your licence. If the date is:
- before 19 January 2013, you can tow any size trailer within the towing limits of the vehicle
- on or after 19 January 2013, you can tow a trailer within the towing limits of the vehicle with a MAM of up to 3,500kg
Your answers
- What kind of vehicle do you want to tow with?
- Car (category B)
- Change What kind of vehicle do you want to tow with?
- Do you already have a driving licence with any of the following entitlements on it:
- No
- Change Do you already have a driving licence with any of the following entitlements on it:
- When did you pass your car driving test?
- Before 1 January 1997
- Change When did you pass your car driving test?