Class B197 - automatic & manual

Learn in automatic, manual included at any time

Class B197

Your requirements

Upgrade to Class BE (Large Trailers)

Your vehicle

Your theoretical lessons

Your driving lesson

Your Driver Training Process

Your requirements

  • 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 for driving licence at the driving licence authority
     
  • Theoretical training
     
  • Theoretical exam
     
  • Practical training on a car with automatic transmission + practical driver training 450 minutes (5 driving sessions of 90 minutes each) on a car with a manual transmission in order to gain driving competence for manual transmission
     
  • Test drive (15 minutes) with your driving instructor on a car with a manual transmission to determine driving competence for manual transmission
     
  • Practical exam on a car with automatic transmission
     
  • No practical exam on a car with a manual transmission necessary

UPGRADE TO CLASS BE (LARGE TRAILERS)

Do you hold a Class B197 licence and are thinking about upgrading to Class BE (large trailers)?

Then make sure to read the important information about upgrading to Class BE.

Class BE

Your vehicle

For your safety and enjoyment during training, you will drive top-equipped vehicles of the latest models.

Our BMW 116 vehicles offer all available driver assistance systems*. These may also be used during the exam.

Professional maintenance and cleanliness of our vehicles is a matter of course.

Under Locations you can find the training vehicles available at each site.

 

Motor vehicles:

  • Up to 3,500 kg permissible total weight with automatic or manual transmission
     
  • Also with a trailer up to a maximum permissible total weight of 750 kg
     
  • Or with a trailer over 750 kg permissible total weight, provided the total permissible weight of towing vehicle and trailer does not exceed 3,500 kg

     

For larger trailers, we recommend additional driver training for class B with key number 96 (without exam) or class BE.

 

* Adaptive Cruise Control, Emergency Braking Assistant, Lane Keeping Assistant with Steering Intervention, Active Lane Keeping Assistant, Lane Change Assistant, Blind Spot Assistant, Lane Change Assistant with Steering Intervention, Active Parking Assistant, Rearview Camera, Traffic Sign Recognition

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

Your training includes simulator modules, training lessons, and special lessons.

 

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 train the basic driving tasks (parking, emergency braking, reversing) and driving within the city.
     
  • The number of training lessons is not specified by the driving school training regulations and therefore depends on the student’s individual level of training. An exact forecast of the number of training lessons required to achieve exam readiness cannot be made at the beginning of the training.
     
  • The first training lessons take place at a practice area. The practice area is located near the driving school.
     
  • You must complete the training lessons before the special lessons.

Special lesson

In the 6 driving appointments special lessons (90 minutes each), you only train to drive outside the city.

The special lessons are also known as statutory compulsory lessons.

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

Your Driver Training Process

  1. Drive the modules on the drive easy simulator
     
  2. Drive an individual number of driving appointments for training lessons with automatic transmission until you are ready to take the exam within a built-up area
     
  3. Your driving instructor will carry out a progress check with you in a built-up area

    -> learning objectives achieved (exam readiness) -> continue with point 4

    -> learning objectives not achieved (not ready for exam) -> further training lessons with automatic transmission and renewed learning status check
     
  4. Drive training lessons with manual transmission
     
  5. Drive special lessons with manual transmission
     
  6. Drive special lessons with automatic transmission
     
  7. Drive the test drive with manual transmission
     
  8. Your driving instructor must be convinced that you are still ready for the exam within the city area. If necessary, he will carry out another assessment of progress check
     
  9. Consider taking some additional training lessons with automatic transmission to get back to exam readiness
     
  10. Take your practical exam with automatic transmission