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kingsknight
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PostPosted: 20:13 - 20 Apr 2019    Post subject: Am licence confusion Reply with quote
Hi all,

Hoping someone will be able to help me out here as I cannot find a clear answer.

My wife has a full driving licence (passed in 2008) and has completed a CBT. Am I right in believing that she now has a full moped licence? She has got herself a 50cc Scooter to get to work and is still displaying L Plates.

She was told when she was doing the CBT that she would have to keep the L plates and re do her CBT in 2 years but I don't believe this is the case.

https://www.gov.uk/motorcycle-cbt/car-driving-licence


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You passed your driving test on or after 1 February 2001
You’ll get a full moped licence if you either:

pass your car driving test and then complete a compulsory basic training (CBT) course
complete a CBT course and then pass your car driving test within two years
You can then ride a moped (up to 50cc) without L plates. You don’t need to take the full moped test.

You can ride mopeds for as long as your car driving licence lasts.


So surely that means she just has to send her CBT certificate to the DVLA and she has a full moped licence?

Really hoping someone can clear this up for me?
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kingsknight
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PostPosted: 20:15 - 20 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sorry forgot to add that she called the DVLA and they were completely useless! They told her that she didn't need to send them the CBT certificate. Surely she does to remove the 122 restriction code on her licence ?
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temeluchus
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PostPosted: 00:44 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
As long as she has the pass certificate its fine for her to leave off the L plates.
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leolion
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PostPosted: 08:20 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-routes-to-your-motorcycle-licence
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RAYK47
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PostPosted: 09:01 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
I thought the same rules applied as for a 125cc. She can ride up to 125cc while she has a valid CBT certificate. So needs to renew every 2 years.

If she had passed before feb 2001 then I think it is category "P" then she would have been able to ride a moped without CBT.
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kingsknight
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PostPosted: 09:12 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
leolion wrote:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-routes-to-your-motorcycle-licence


This is perfect! Thank you VERY much!
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P.
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PostPosted: 09:18 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
kingsknight wrote:
leolion wrote:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-routes-to-your-motorcycle-licence


This is perfect! Thank you VERY much!


Is it? Still looks like a 2 year renewal. Might as well do a test.
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ThatDippyTwat
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PostPosted: 09:39 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
Is it? Still looks like a 2 year renewal. Might as well do a test.

The course is just to assess ability. It's a one-time thing for AM and Pre '01 licenses. It's a full AM license upon completion of the CBT and posession of a pre '01 full car license.
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PostPosted: 10:21 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
ThatDippyTwat wrote:
Paddy. wrote:
Is it? Still looks like a 2 year renewal. Might as well do a test.

The course is just to assess ability. It's a one-time thing for AM and Pre '01 licenses. It's a full AM license upon completion of the CBT and posession of a pre '01 full car license.

Pre '01 license holders don't even need to do CBT for AM entitlement.
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MarJay
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PostPosted: 14:48 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
The moped license thing is really old, and went out before I got my car license in 1998, so no she doesn't have a moped license as far as I'm aware.
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PostPosted: 16:36 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
ThatDippyTwat wrote:
Paddy. wrote:
Is it? Still looks like a 2 year renewal. Might as well do a test.

The course is just to assess ability. It's a one-time thing for AM and Pre '01 licenses. It's a full AM license upon completion of the CBT and posession of a pre '01 full car license.


But that specifically states a valid CBT. Which is invalid after 2 years.
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syme
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PostPosted: 19:31 - 21 Apr 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:


But that specifically states a valid CBT. Which is invalid after 2 years.


Yes, but that's true of all of the other routes through that flowchart even if they involve passing Mod1 and Mod2.

Having dug out my old CBT certificate the notes on the back say that it "validates, for the life of the licence, the full moped entitlement granted with a full car licence issued in respect of a practical car test passed on or after 1 February 2001 if, either: the car test is passed within 2 years of this certificate being issued, or the training course was completed after the car test was passed."
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kingsknight
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PostPosted: 22:33 - 23 May 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
I thought I'd give up update on this just in case anyone else wants to know how this works. So my wife now has a full moped licence.

I'll keep this simple.

If you have a full driving licence and passed AFTER feb 2001 you can take a CBT and this will give you a full moped licence for the life of your driving licence. You DO NOT need to retake your CBT. You DO NOT need to display L plates and you CAN carry a pillion.

After you complete your CBT send it to the DVLA with your full driving licence and they will remove the 122 restriction code (122 Valid on successful completion of Basic Moped Training Course (CBT)) from the back of your licence.

Cannot believe the amount of confusion which surrounds this.

So yeah, the wife is happy! She has got herself a E-moped and loves it. Only does 30mph but she charges it at work so free mileage for her lol
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PostPosted: 23:32 - 23 May 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the update. I mentioned to the wife it would be easy to get a full moped licence so she could ride the scooter I salvaged...

...she was not impressed!
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