Only disabled's can take their test on a trike now.

[prawny1]

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/b1_licenses#incoming-363496

According to this:

From 19 January 2013 only drivers with a disability are able to take a driving test in a three-wheeled vehicle. Driving tests for three-wheeled vehicles will not be available for able bodied drivers.

So a disabled can take a test in either a bike or a trike but an able bodied person can only take their test on a bike (or other vehicle not declared a trike under category a/a1).

Is this not discrimination against the able bodied, and declaring all three wheeled vehicles only suitable for disabled's.
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[prawny1]

But if someone able bodied only wanted to ride a trike but had not passed the car test before jan 2013 and did not want to take the test on a bike they would have to be declared disabled in order to take the test.


Able bodied people applying for a first driving licence would be excluded from driving trikes in anything other than a provisional manner unless they pass a bike test, but disabled people are not excluded that is discrimination.

No outrage was meant in my original post and I am not even sure if able bodied or disabled people could even take a standalone test for a trike before January 2013 anyway.

If dvla had stated only women, gays, black, whites, gingers or whatever could take a test on a trike would that be equally as laughable?
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[prawny1]

yes positive discrimination.

How is it justified that a person without disability cannot ride a trike for the test but a disabled person can? is the disabled person more capable? is the non disable person somehow less able to operate a trike to test standard thanks to their lack or disability?

Can anyone tell me, Given that the disabled person is being allowed to take the motorcycle test on a trike are they limited to only operating a trike or are they granted a full category a licence?

I have seen plenty of people that cannot get to grips with a bike that ride a trike,

to the other paul rudd, from what I can tell only trikes have been moved back to the bike licence quads are still covered by b/ b1.

after re reading the link I saw this parts.

These changes mean that any current provisional entitlement for three-wheel vehicles within category B1 will no longer be valid after 19 January 2013 for the non-disabled and to continue to drive these vehicles the drivers will have to pass Compulsory Basic Training and theory and practical tests on a two wheeled motorcycle. They must also meet the new minimum age requirements for motorcycles.

So It would seem that an able bodied person cannot ride a trike at all not even in a provisional capacity even if they could under the b/b1 provisional, they must take a cbt and pass a full bike test to ride a trike at all.

Those that could legally ride a trike under the car/ b1 provisional now can no longer do so either, so no "grandfather rules" apply,

whether the entitlement will also no longer be valid for those driving trikes on a full car/b licence is unclear from the link. Reeds post above suggests that it is not the case and those with a full licence also have a (trike limited) cat A entitlement so they are not losing out.

Would the disabled also need to complete a cbt etc? If so have fun trying to find a 50 or 125cc trike

I know people that only ride trikes as they feel they would be unsafe on a bike, they would now be forced to take a bike test to ride a vehicle that they pre jan 2013 would have been legally allowed to drive.

I bet there are some people riding round now that are unaware of these change that are actually now driving not in accordance with a license, Are reliant robins classed at trikes? If they are I wonder how many reliant robin drivers out there know they now have to take a motorcycle test? Which they must do one a bike unless they are disabled.
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hellkat wrote:

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[dydey90]

There was somebody on here that tried to take their test on a trike, and were told they had to pass on a bike instead even though they struggled with balance.
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My mate was riding round on a 100cc Yamaha for a few months, found a CX500 going cheap (no one wanted them then), stuck a side car on it, did a test on the thing then removed the side car and with his new full bike licence safely in his pocket, never used a side car again.

It was betterer in the olden days.
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This is exactly the fight my other half is having right now. At 4’5, the vast majority of bikes are just not available to her – the few that have a low enough seat are still too wide for her to reach the floor without leaning to the point that she’s likely to drop it. She wants to ride a trike, but didn’t pass her driving test in time to get in under the old rules, so now she needs a bike license.

NABD have told us that the fact that she needs a trike to be modified (controls moving forwards etc) should in itself allow her to qualify for her test on it. There’s no CBT option for trikes either, which means we’ve got to buy her a trike, modify it so she can ride it, and then find an instructor who is both qualified and has the first clue about teaching someone to ride a trike – which is exactly as easy as it sounds for a class of test that didn’t exist before this year, and only affects a tiny minority of people now it is in. Even if she finds an instructor willing to teach her, if the examiner doesn’t agree that she’s disabled (there’s no such thing as ‘registered disabled’ anymore) then she won’t be allowed to take her test on it anyway.
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[Ste]

Outlawing trikes for most people is an excellent idea.