@mfraza78: Part # 32 || 🚛 UK Driving Licence Categories Explained 🇬🇧 Confused about Category B, B+E, C1, C and C+E? Here is a simple guide to UK goods vehicle driving licences, vehicle weights and maximum lengths. 🚐 CATEGORY B, CAR & LIGHT GOODS VEHICLES ✅ Vehicles up to 3,500 kg MAM (3.5 tonnes) ✅ Examples: Ford Transit, Mercedes Sprinter, Luton van and curtain-side van ✅ Trailer up to 750 kg MAM, or heavier where the combined MAM does not exceed 3,500 kg 📏 General maximum vehicle length: 12 metres 🚐 CATEGORY B+E, VEHICLE WITH TRAILER ✅ Category B vehicle towing a heavier trailer ✅ Towing vehicle up to 3,500 kg MAM ✅ Trailer up to 3,500 kg MAM for BE entitlement acquired from 19 January 2013 ✅ Potential combined MAM: 7,000 kg, subject to vehicle towing limits 📏 General maximum combination length: 18.75 metres 🚚 CATEGORY C1, MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLES ✅ Vehicles over 3,500 kg up to 7,500 kg MAM ✅ Examples: 5-tonne and 7.5-tonne rigid lorries ✅ Trailer up to 750 kg MAM 📏 Maximum rigid vehicle length: Generally 12 metres 🚛 CATEGORY C, CLASS 2 HGV ✅ Rigid goods vehicles over 3,500 kg MAM ✅ Examples: 12t, 18t, 26t and 32t rigid lorries ✅ No fixed upper weight limit imposed by the licence category itself ✅ Trailer up to 750 kg MAM 📏 Maximum rigid vehicle length: 12 metres 🚛 CATEGORY C+E, CLASS 1 HGV ✅ Category C vehicles towing trailers over 750 kg MAM ✅ Articulated lorries (tractor unit + semi-trailer) ✅ Drawbar combinations (rigid lorry + trailer) ✅ Common maximum weight: 44 tonnes for qualifying six-axle combinations 📏 Standard articulated combination: 16.5 metres 📏 Standard drawbar combination: 18.75 metres ⚠️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION MAM means Maximum Authorised Mass, the maximum permitted fully loaded weight of a vehicle. Class 2 = Category C Class 1 = Category C+E A Class 2 licence is not restricted to 18-tonne lorries. It can also cover 26-tonne and 32-tonne rigid vehicles. Vehicle length and weight limits depend on construction, axle configuration and applicable regulations. Special vehicle combinations may have different limits. 🎥 NEXT VIDEO: Complete UK HGV Licence Process 2026, including medical, theory tests, Driver CPC, practical tests, costs and whether to choose Class 1 or Class 2. #truck #drivermuda #trucker #trucktok #truckdriver

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