Category P vs Category AM licence

Hey everyone, this is my first post and I have a couple of questions on behalf of my brother.

He passed his car test at the end of 2018 and has a category AM moped entitlement.

Does it being category AM exclude him from driving older mopeds with a top speed of 31mph as opposed to the newer ones with top speeds of 28mph.

He was thinking of getting an old school 80's ped to restore and then occasionally use to drive across town to work.

If he cannot ride them how would he go about getting entitlement short of doing a full licence, as it would appear that category P is now a legacy category that isn't even shown as provisional.

Thanks in advance.

 

If you passed your car test before August 2001 you can ride a moped/ category AM without L-plates. If you passed after that you have to take the CBT and ride on L-Plates. That goes regardless of the age of the vehicle, so it doesn't matter if it's a modern scooter or a 1975 Sports Moped, so he may as well take the motorcycle CBT and get a 125.

 

Thank you for the reply. He passed his car test in 2018 but at the time he had a valid CBT, so he now has full AM entitlement.

However, category AM is for vehicles limited to 28mph, where as older mopeds were category P and limited to 31mph (or could be moved with pedals before 1977)

I passed my test in 1997 so my licence says category P and Category AM.

It looks to me for the sake of 3mph and a different classification that my brother cannot ride an older Ped, and I cannot seem to find any clear info on the net.

 

The CBT only last's 2 years.

 

If you pass your car test whilst you have a valid CBT, or if you take a CBT after passing your car test it allows you to drive Mopeds without L plates for the life of your licence as it is a full entitlement. For anything larger you would need to do it every 2 years.

That doesn't answer whether he can ride a older 31mph top speed moped on an AM licence though. I suspect that many people do ride them regardless.

 

Ask the DVLA.

 

That's true, I think he want's it to remain legal (ish) you never know if you are going to have to make an insurance claim...