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Extend driving licence

  • Mobilität und Fahrzeuge 



    	    

		    
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More detailed information can be obtained from the driving license authority. 

Class A entitles the holder to drive motorcycles with a rated power of no more than 25 kW and a power/empty weight ratio of no more than 0.16 kw/kg for a period of two years after issue. Deviation: Category A is issued on completion of the 25th year of age. 

A category C, C1, D or D1 driving license may only be issued if the applicant already holds category B or has fulfilled the requirements for its issue; in this case, the driving license for the higher category may be issued at the earliest with the category B driving license. 

Category E may only be issued if the applicant already holds the driving license for the towing vehicle or has fulfilled the requirements for its issue; in this case, category E may be issued at the earliest with the driving license for the towing vehicle. 

A test certificate is required for driving the following motor vehicles instead of a driving license: 


  • Single-track, single-seater bicycles with an auxiliary motor up to 25 km/h (mopeds
  • special seats for carrying children under the age of seven may be fitted).
  • Electronic mobility aids within the meaning of the Mobility Aids Ordinance (MobHV)

Neither a driving license nor a test certificate is required for the following vehicles: 


  • Motorized medical wheelchairs, single-seater motor vehicles designed for use by physically disabled persons with: 
    - electric drive 
    - an unladen weight of no more than 300 kg including batteries but without driver 
    - a maximum permissible mass of no more than 500 kg 
    - a maximum speed of no more than 15 km/h as determined by the design 
    - an overall width of no more than 110 cm.
  • There are transitional provisions and special regulations (test certificate requirement) for older motorized medical wheelchairs with a speed of more than 10 km/h.
  • Tractors that are designed for agricultural or forestry purposes, self-propelled work machines, forklifts and other industrial trucks with a maximum speed of no more than 6 km/h as determined by their design, as well as single-axle tractors and work machines that are guided by pedestrians on handrails.

When a driving license for categories L, M or T is extended to one of the other categories for the first time, the driving license for the category to which it is extended is issued on a probationary basis. 

Anyone who carries out journeys for commercial purposes (this also includes works traffic and auxiliary transport activities) on public roads with the following motor vehicles:: 


  • Vehicles with a maximum permissible mass greater than 3.5 tons (category C1, C1E, C, CE driving license),
  • Vehicles with more than 8 passenger seats in passenger transport (category D1, D1E, D, DE driving license)
  • must, if the categories
  • D1, D1E, D, DE from 10.9.08 and classes
  • C1, C1E, C, CE were acquired from 10.09.09,

provide proof of the basic qualification in accordance with the Professional Drivers Qualification Act (BKrFQG) and the Professional Drivers Qualification Ordinance and have it entered in the driver's license with the key number 95. Ask the Chamber of Commerce for details. 

Examination in foreign languages 

The theoretical examination must always be taken in German. It is based on questions. Applicants who cannot read or write sufficiently have the option of being tested orally in German, with audio support if necessary. If the applicant declines this option, the examination will take place in writing. The oral examination must correspond to the written examination in terms of content and scope. A deaf interpreter must be permitted for the examination of deaf persons. The class B examination and the examination of only the basic material in the other classes (including mopeds) can also be taken in writing in the following foreign languages: 

English, French, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Turkish.