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At what age can you drive a scooter or a motorcycle?

Verified 16 April 2020 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The age to drive a motorcycle depends on its power: 50 cm scooter", motorcycle 125 ...

If you have BSR (category AM of permit) or an equivalent recognized security issued by a European state, you can drive:

  • Moped.. For example, 50 cm scooter"
  • Light motor quadricycle.. For example, cart , quad with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cm³

Please note

if you were born before 1988, you do not need a driver's license

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With the RSO (category AM of the permit)

If you have BSR (category AM of driving license) or an equivalent recognized security issued by a European state, you can drive:

  • Moped.. For example, 50 cm scooter"
  • Light motor quadricycle.. For example, cart , quad with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cm³

Please note

if you were born before 1988, you do not need a driver's license

With A1 permit

If you have permit A1, you can drive:

  • Light motorcycle  with or without side-car
  • 3-wheel scooter (category L5e) with a power of 15 kW: titleContent maximum (20 ch: titleContent)

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With the RSO (category AM of the permit)

If you have BSR (category AM of driving license) or an equivalent recognized security issued by a European state, you can drive:

  • Moped.. For example, 50 cm scooter"
  • Light motor quadricycle.. For example, cart , quad with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cm³

Please note

if you were born before 1988, you do not need a driver's license

With A1 permit

If you have permit A1, you can drive:

  • Light motorcycle  with or without side-car
  • 3-wheel scooter (category L5e) with a power of 15 kW: titleContent maximum (20 ch: titleContent)

With A2 permit

If you have permit A2, you can drive:

  • Motorcycle with or without side-car, with a power not exceeding 35 kW: titleContent (47.5 ch: titleContent) and whose power/weight ratio does not exceed 0,2 kW: titleContent per kg
  • 3-wheel scooter (category L5e) with a power of 15 kW: titleContent maximum (20 ch: titleContent)

Warning  

the power of the motorcycle cannot result from the clamping of a vehicle developing more than 70 kw.

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

With the RSO (category AM of the permit)

If you have BSR (category AM of driving license) or an equivalent recognized security issued by a European state, you can drive:

  • Moped.. For example, 50 cm scooter"
  • Light motor quadricycle.. For example, cart , quad with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cm³

Please note

if you were born before 1988, you do not need a driver's license

With A1 permit

If you have permit A1, you can drive:

  • Light motorcycle  with or without side-car
  • 3-wheel scooter (category L5e) with a power of 15 kW: titleContent maximum (20 ch: titleContent)

With A2 permit

If you have permit A2, you can drive:

  • Motorcycle with or without side-car, with a power not exceeding 35 kW: titleContent (47.5 ch: titleContent) and whose power/weight ratio does not exceed 0,2 kW: titleContent per kg
  • 3-wheel scooter (category L5e) with a power of 15 kW: titleContent maximum (20 ch: titleContent)

With license A

If you own permit A2 for at least 2 years you can follow training to Permit A..

With the A license, you can drive the following vehicles:

  • Motorcycle with or without side-car, whatever its power
  • 3-wheel scooter (category L5e) with a power of 15 kW: titleContent maximum (20 ch: titleContent)

Warning  

the power of the motorcycle cannot result from the clamping of a vehicle developing more than 70 kw.

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

With the RSO (category AM of the permit)

If you have BSR (category AM of driving license) or an equivalent recognized security issued by a European state, you can drive:

  • Moped.. For example, 50 cm scooter"
  • Light motor quadricycle.. For example, cart , quad with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50cm³

Please note

if you were born before 1988, you do not need a driver's license

With A1 permit

If you have permit A1, you can drive:

  • Light motorcycle  with or without side-car
  • 3-wheel scooter (category L5e) with a power of 15 kW: titleContent maximum (20 ch: titleContent)

With A2 permit

If you have permit A2, you can drive:

  • Motorcycle with or without side-car, with a power not exceeding 35 kW: titleContent (47.5 ch: titleContent) and whose power/weight ratio does not exceed 0,2 kW: titleContent per kg
  • 3-wheel scooter (category L5e) with a power of 15 kW: titleContent maximum (20 ch: titleContent)

With license A

If you own permit A2 for at least 2 years you can follow training to Permit A..

With the A license, you can drive the following vehicles:

  • Motorcycle with or without side-car, whatever its power
  • 3-wheeled scooter, regardless of its power

Warning  

the power of the motorcycle cannot result from the clamping of a vehicle developing more than 70 kw.

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