Class B

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Demanding training for manual and automatic transmissions

Class B

Your prerequisites

  • Start of training Minimum age 17,5 years -> issue of driving licence Minimum age 18 years
     
  • Start of training Minimum age 16.5 years -> Issue of driving licence Minimum age 17 years with BF17 accompanied driving
     
  • Application driving license
     
  • Theoretical and practical training
     
  • Theoretical and practical exam

EXTENSION OF DRIVING LICENCE AFTER CLASS B197

Extension to class BE (trailer) with previous possession of class B197:

  • Anyone who has obtained category B with key number 197 receives an automatic restriction with key number 78 when extending the driving licence for the subsequent category BE, C or D, provided that the test for category BE, C, D is taken with an automatic vehicle.
     
  • The training and test for category BE, C or D now always takes place in a vehicle with automatic transmission at almost all driving schools.
     
  • This means that there is an automatic restriction for class BE, C or D.
    -> A trailer may then only be towed by a car with automatic transmission.
     
  • This automatic transmission restriction could be removed if you prove your switching competence in a new practical test for class B.
     
  • No special lessons, no theory lessons and no theory exam are required for this short training course.

Extension to class BE (trailer) with previous possession of class B:

  • Anyone who has obtained class B does not receive an automatic transmission restriction when extending the driving licence for the subsequent class BE, C or D, even if the class BE, C or D test was taken with an automatic vehicle, as the ability to shift gears was already demonstrated during the class B exam.

    -> A trailer may be towed by a car with an automatic gearbox and a car with a manual gearbox.
     
  • We therefore strongly recommend that if you want to tow a trailer with a car with a manual gearbox, you should take the class B exam. And not class B197!

Your vehicle

Your training will take place on a car with manual transmission.

After successfully passing the exam, you will be allowed to drive cars with manual and automatic transmissions.

You can find the training vehicles offered for training at our locations.

For your safety and fun during your training, you will be driving the latest models of top-equipped vehicles. Professional maintenance of our vehicles is a matter of course.

 

Motor vehicles:

  • up to 3500 kg permissible total mass
     
  • also with trailer up to max. 750 kg permissible total mass or
     
  • with trailer over 750 kg permissible total mass, provided that the permissible total mass of towing vehicle and trailer is max. 3500 kg.

 

For larger trailers, we also recommend driver training class B with key number 96 without a exam or class BE.

Your theoretical lessons

Number required if you have not previously held a driving licence class:

  • 12 theory units (90 min. each) Basic knowledge
     
  • 2 theory units (90 min. each) Class B

 

Number required if you have previously held a driving licence class:

  • 6 theory units (90 minutes each) Basic knowledge
     
  • 2 theory units (90 minutes each) class B
Theoretical lessons

Your driving lesson

Practical training

Driving lessons drive easy simulator

For even more efficient training, you should also practise all modules on our drive easy simulator.

drive easy simulator

Training lesson

  • In the training lessons, you will practise basic driving tasks (parking, emergency braking, reversing) and driving within the city.
     
  • The number of  training lessons is not specified in the learner driver training regulations and can therefore be carried out individually depending on the learner driver's level of ability.
    individualised.
     
  • The number of  training lessons expected in order to successfully pass the practical test cannot be precisely predicted at the beginning of the training.
     
  • 9 driving appointments (90 minutes each) is an average value with which it is usually possible to pass the 1st practical exam successfully.
     
  • However, depending on the level of ability, fewer or more practice drives may be required.

Special lesson

In the special lessons (also known as statutory driving lessons), you will only practise driving outside the city.
 

  • 5 driving lessons (45 minutes each) overland driving
     
  • 4 driving lessons (45 minutes each) motorway driving
     
  • 3 driving lessons (45 minutes each) twilight driving