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RednaxelaPrim...
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PostPosted: 01:19 - 15 May 2015    Post subject: Confused about a new entitlement that's appeared Reply with quote
Hi all!

It might be something to do with my age. I've read up everywhere I can and I can't get a definitive answer, so I wanted to ask here. What sort of motorbike am I entitled to drive according to this:

https://s10.postimg.org/ko7l34o1l/entitlements.jpg

I've never taken a bike test. I've googled it, and most posts relate to 79(tri) codes, which allow you to ride tricycles, but my code is different.

Sorry if I'm being a total noob here, but I can't read it any other way and I'm confused!

Thanks in advance.

Edit:
I mean the answer HAS to that 79(3) is the new 79(tri) code right? But:
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79 - restricted to vehicles in conformity with the specifications stated in brackets on your licence
79.03 - restricted to tricycles

Well... mine is 79 with something in brackets, so what is specification 3? If they meant 79.03, why not write it that way?

Edit 2:
Answering my own question here, but I'll leave it, as it might be useful for other confused people. After some more digging the consensus seems to be that it a trike entitlement. But there is no official reference to it anywhere. Both 79.03 and 79(tri) have been listed officially, but 79(3) seems to be the new one.
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Ben90
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PostPosted: 06:12 - 15 May 2015    Post subject: Re: Confused about a new entitlement that's appeared Reply with quote
RednaxelaPrime wrote:

I mean the answer HAS to that 79(3) is the new 79(tri) code right?

Answering my own question here, but I'll leave it, as it might be useful for other confused people. After some more digging the consensus seems to be that it a trike entitlement. But there is no official reference to it anywhere. Both 79.03 and 79(tri) have been listed officially, but 79(3) seems to be the new one.


(3) as in 3...wheels? Thinking

You're probably right there.

I imagine it changed because the UK is like the uncool kid who has a chance to get in with the coolest kid on the block Jean P. Brusselcrat</borg> so we've hurriedly altered our license to match theirs in the hope that some glorious day they'll notice us and accept us and maybe even let us win the Eurovision song contest. Thumbs Up
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FriendlyEllis
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PostPosted: 07:32 - 15 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's so you can get one of those 3 wheeled pavement pounding disability scooters I reckon!

Don't forget to get the RAF roundel and masses of mirrors, and a Parker,...... And a flat cap and some small terrier like dog !

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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 08:18 - 15 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, it's trikes.

I'm not sure we can even blame Brussels for its ever changing format. DVLA, innit.
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