What can I drive with an A, B, C, D or T driver’s license?

Drivers are not rocket science, but various restrictions, rules or exceptions can sometimes confuse even experienced matadors.

With an AM group driver’s license, you are allowed to independently drive vehicles with a design speed of up to 45 kilometers per hour from the age of 15. For two-wheelers, the internal combustion engine volume is still limited to 50 cubic centimeters, or the electric motor to 4 kW. For three-wheelers, the volume of the gasoline engine is limited to 50 cubic centimeters, and other engines to a power of 4 kW.

This section also includes four-wheeled vehicles with a maximum unloaded weight of 350 kilograms and a gasoline engine with a volume of up to 50 cubic centimeters or another engine with an output of up to 4 kW.

In order to be able to legally drive a machine with a sidecar (or without) belonging to group A1, the volume of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle in question must be up to 125 cubic centimeters, its maximum power must be 11 kW and the power-to-weight ratio must not exceed 0.1 kW/kg. Three-wheel motor vehicles may be tuned to a maximum of 15 kW. The age limit then starts at 16 years.

What else can you drive: AM, four-wheeled vehicles with an engine power of up to 15 kW, with an unloaded weight of up to 400 kg and an internal combustion engine displacement of up to 125 cm3

It is possible to legally pick up a driver for group A2 only after passing the tests and reaching the age of 18. Vehicles of this group must have a limited engine power, to a maximum of 35 kW and a power-to-weight ratio of no more than 0.2 kW/kg. Furthermore, these vehicles must not be modified from a motorcycle with more than twice the power. The law here again permits a sidecar.

What else can you drive: AM, A1

You can ride the most powerful motorcycles (even with a sidecar) without performance restrictions either from the age of 24 or from the age of 20, but you must hold an A2 driver’s license for at least two years. Group A also includes three-wheel motor vehicles with a power exceeding 15 kW.

What else can you drive: AM, A1, A2, four-wheel vehicles with an engine power of up to 15 kW and an unloaded weight of up to 400 kg

With a “small” car driver’s license, four-wheel motor vehicles whose power does not exceed 15 kW and the unloaded weight does not exceed 400 kg or 550 kg for vehicles intended for the transport of goods can be driven from the age of 17.

What else can you drive: AM, A1 tricycle

With a group B driver’s license, which can be obtained at the earliest at the age of 18, in addition to cars with a total weight of 3,500 kg, you may drive motorcycles with an engine volume of up to 125 cubic centimeters and a power of 11 kW, if the machine is equipped with an automatic transmission. Furthermore, you can tow a trailer with a total weight of up to 750 kg or drive a vehicle, if the total weight of both vehicles does not exceed 3.5 tons.

Example: car (3,500 kg) + trailer (750 kg), car (2,500 kg) + trailer (1,000 kg)

What else can you drive: AM, A1 with automatic transmission, A three-wheeler (from 21 years), B1, B78

Tractor: if it is a vehicle up to 3.5 tons, then only group B is sufficient, but if it is forestry equipment or a construction machine, a driver’s license is required

With the harmonized code B96 entered in the driver’s license, you may tow a vehicle consisting of two vehicles, where the trailer vehicle exceeds the total weight of 750 kg and the sum of the total weights of both vehicles exceeds 3,500 kg, but does not exceed 4,250 kg.

Example: car (3,000 kg) + trailer (1,250 kg)

What else can you drive: AM, A1 with automatic transmission, A three-wheeler (from 21 years), B1, B78

The B78 driver’s license entitles you to drive motor vehicles with an automatically controlled transmission and with a maximum of eight seats (excluding the driver), the maximum permissible weight of which does not exceed 3,500 kg. The law also allows the combination of groups B78+B96 and B78+E.

What else can you drive: AM, A1 with automatic transmission

If you already have a group B driver’s license, take a look at group E. Thanks to it, you will be able to legally tow a trailer behind a vehicle with a total weight of up to 3,500 kg, whose total weight does not exceed 3,500 kg either.

Other conditions: ownership B

What else can you drive: AM, A1 with automatic transmission, A tricycle (from 21 years), B1, B78+E, B78+B96, B96

The driver’s license of group C1 entitles you to drive motor vehicles, with the exception of D1 and T, the maximum permissible weight of which exceeds 3,500 kg, but does not exceed 7,500 kg, but the number of seats (including the driver’s seat) does not exceed 9. A trailer can be towed behind the car by maximum permitted weight not exceeding 750 kg. A C1 driver can be owned from the age of 18.

Other conditions: ownership B

What else can you drive: A.M

With this authorization, you can drive vehicles whose maximum weight does not exceed 12,000 kg. The set must consist of a vehicle of group C1 and a trailer with a maximum permitted weight of more than 750 kg, or of a vehicle of group B and a trailer with a maximum permitted weight of more than 3,500 kg.

Other conditions: property C1

What else can you drive: AM, B+E

A group C driver’s license entitles you to drive motor vehicles (except T and D1) whose maximum permitted weight exceeds 3,500 kg, but the number of seats (including the driver’s seat) does not exceed 9. A trailer with a maximum permitted weight not exceeding 750 can be towed behind the car. kg.

As a standard, you can get a driver’s license from the age of 21, or from the age of 18, for example, when it comes to vehicles of the IZS, customs administration, army, prison services, municipal police or cars that must be test driven as part of the service. An exception for the 18th year is also for holders of a professional qualification card or people undergoing initial training according to a special legal regulation.

Other conditions: ownership B

What else can you drive: AM, C1

With a full-fledged “C” and “E” you can sit behind the wheel of a vehicle consisting of a group C car and a trailer with a maximum permissible weight of more than 750 kg.

Other conditions: ownership C

What else can you drive: AM, B+E, C1+E, D+E (if you hold D)

The bus can be driven from the age of 21, but its length must not exceed eight meters. A D1 group car must have more than eight, but no more than 16, seats in addition to the driver’s seat. You can tow a trailer with a maximum total weight of 750 kg behind such a vehicle.

Other conditions: ownership B

What else can you drive: A.M

If you add E to D1, the law allows you to drive a vehicle consisting of a vehicle of group D1 and a trailer with a maximum permissible weight of more than 750 kg.

Other conditions: property D1

What else can you drive: AM, B+E

Possession of a D driver’s license means that you may drive motor vehicles intended for the transport of persons with more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat, to which a trailer with a maximum permitted weight not exceeding 750 kilograms may be connected. The standard age for obtaining a license is 24 years, but exceptions apply here as well.

You can get behind the wheel of a full-size bus as early as 21 years old, if it concerns, for example, vehicles of the IZS, customs administration, army, prison services, municipal police or cars that must be test driven as part of the service.

Furthermore, from the age of 21, you can get a “kid” as part of the introductory training according to a special legal regulation, or if you hold a professional driver’s license and have undergone initial training according to a special legal regulation in an extended scope.

Otherwise, you can only legally get behind the wheel at the age of 23. But if you drive a regular passenger transport vehicle and the route of the line does not exceed 50 kilometers, then you can also drive at the age of 21.

Other conditions: ownership B

What else can you drive: AM, D1

Experienced pilots with D+E can be the directors of a vehicle consisting of a vehicle of group D and a trailer with a maximum permissible weight of more than 750 kg.

Other conditions: ownership D

What else can you drive: AM, B+E, D1+E

Every farmer should have a group T permit, which allows from the age of 17 to drive tractors and self-propelled work machines to which a trailer may be attached.

So now you will have a clear idea of ​​what you can drive with the given group, or from how many years you can get the license in question. For most of us, the classic “B” is probably enough, which, of course, contains a number of additional driving bonuses. If you don’t have it yet, we advise you to start training at a driving school as soon as possible. It is possible that soon the legislation will change and you will then receive “papers” only for the exam.

Expert cooperation in the creation of the text: Jaroslav Hrůza from the J