The driving license is the necessary document to always have in order to be able to circulate on the road. It differs according to the type. In fact, some licenses allow you to drive motorcycles and cars and others are necessary to obtain to get behind the wheel of vehicles, such as trucks, vans or buses. But in which cases is the driving license removed when the age of 68 is exceeded? Here’s everything you need to know about it.
To be able to drive on the road it is necessary to have all the documents in order, both personal and those relating to road tax, insurance and many other aspects. One of the mandatory requirements to be able to get behind the wheel is that of being in possession of a valid driving licence.
The license is not unique for all vehicles. Indeed, every motorized vehicle needs the right license to be driven on the road. The B license is reserved for normal machines in common use, while the A license refers to the possibility of driving motorcycles. The latter license is divided into several sub-categories, based on the age of the driver and the engine capacity of the motorcycle.
But these are not the only licenses that it is possible to achieve in the course of one’s life. Indeed, to drive trucks or other means of a more professional nature, it will be mandatory to take the practical exam to obtain the specific licence. Driver’s license c it allows the driving of trucks and operating machines (in addition, of course, to the normal driving of cars).
There D licenceon the other hand, allows you to drive vehicles for your own use with more than 9 seats. To be able to drive buses and school buses, however, you also need a specific Driver Qualification Card called CQC people.
But what means will it no longer be possible to carry once you have passed the age of 68? Here is everything you need to know in order not to incur a very high fine with all the ensuing consequences.
Have you turned 68? You may no longer drive this category of motorized vehicles
With advancing age, those who own a driving license know well how it must be renewed more frequently than the age group between 18 and 50 years. After the age of 50, in fact, the renewal must be done every 5 years and no longer every 10. But did you know that some vehicles can no longer be driven after the age of 68? Here are all the details.
Article 115 of the Highway Code strictly prohibits the driving of some specific motorized vehicles to those who have passed the 68 years of age. These means refer to professional guidance. The vehicles affected by the ban relating to this age are articulated lorries and road trains for the transposition of goods weighing more than 20 tons. Then?
Anyone over the age of 68 can no longer get behind the wheel – always for professional use – not even of means such as trucks, articulated buses, buses and any other professional means concerning the transport of people.
Compared to a few years ago, the age limit has been changed. In fact, before it stood at 65 years of age. It must be said, however, that the renewal of the C and D license is mandatory to do it annually after the age of 65 and up to 68.
This is what the Highway Code says in article 115 co. 2b: “Anyone who drives motor vehicles cannot be over sixty-five for the transport of things. This limit can be raised, year by year, up to sixty-eight years if the driver obtains a specific certificate on physical and mental requisites following an annual specialist medical examination, with charges to be borne by the applicant, in the manner established in the regulation”.
Anyone who should be caught carrying one of the vehicles mentioned above, once over 68 years of age, risks a fine of up to 1,200 euros. in addition of course to the definitive withdrawal of the driving license.
