If you have just passed your license and are already on your way SUV, it can happen prohibited in the not so distant future. After taking restrictive measures regarding the conduct seniors Now the European Parliament is targeting novice drivers and young people.

B+ license?

According to amendment 17 of the draft amending directive (EU) 2022/2561thoughtful EU recategorized for B permit.

Extract from amendment 17 of Directive 2022/2561

“It is necessary to introduce a system progressiveness, i.e. establish the right to obtain a category B driving license as a prerequisite for the applicant to be eligible for certain other categories such as category B+, establish equivalence between the categories and provide previous experience minimum before being able to apply for such a permit.”

Currently there are several categories in the license B. You have to first B96 which allows you to drive a vehicle and whose trailer PTAC consists between 3.5 and 4250 tons. Then you have BE who authorizes you to pass above threshold 4250 tons. You also have categories B78, B79…

Let’s see what the conditions will be for this new category of permits. This is Karima Daly, the MEP who launched the idea. The latter wants to establish a permit B+ to be able to travel with a vehicle 1.8 tons.

Who will be allowed to drive an SUV?

Most likely, license B holders will have always a possibility drive off-road vehicles. This new condition will only apply to novice drivers, as well as persons under 21 years of age. The EU says that Class B driving licenses are not suitable for the heaviest cars.

The goal is to, you guessed it, significantly reduce road deaths 2050 year. Reduce to what extent you tell me? Well, for now zero. The European plan, better known as “Vision Zero“.

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