What driver's license do you need to tow a trailer?

The driver's license required for a trailer is judged according to the total mass and length of the trailer. The trailer is less than 6 meters long and the total mass is less than 4500kg, and a driver's license C1is required; Trailer more than 6 meters, need B 1 driver's license; RV is more than 6 meters long and requires B2 driver's license.

In the new measures to obtain the certificate of driving test, a new type of towing trailer is added. New quasi-driving type: light tractor trailer, which can drive small car trains. The starting point is to meet the needs of the masses to travel by RV and promote the development of new RV tourism formats. The driver's license code of this new light traction model is C6.

C6 driver's license is a car train with a total mass of less than 4500kg, and it is a trailer with high cost performance. This trailer will be able to drive legally after next April 1. Driving this trailer requires C6 driver's license or A2 driver's license. After the new regulations come out, driver C can't drive a light tractor trailer, but driver C's license can be increased to C6.

According to the provisions of the new ministerial order, the following matters should be paid attention to when applying for C6 driving license:

About the application method: those who have obtained the quasi-driving driver's license for driving small cars (C 1) and small automatic cars (C2) and have not scored 12 in this scoring cycle and the latest scoring cycle before application can apply for driving a light tractor trailer (C6) driver's license.

About the age of application: applicants for C6 driver's license must be over 20 and under 60. For people over 60 and under 70 who really need to drive a light tractor trailer, they can also apply for a C6 driver's license after passing the tests of memory, judgment and responsiveness.

About driving test: you need to test the common sense of safe and civilized driving in subject 2 and subject 3. The test items of subject 2 include pile test, curve driving and right-angle turning, focusing on the driver's perception, judgment and operation ability of body position and motion trajectory. , so as to ensure the safe driving ability of light tractor trailer.

It should be emphasized that those who used to hold A2 driver's license, but have cancelled A2 driver's license due to their age of 60 or voluntary demotion, and still need to drive a light tractor trailer, can directly apply to the vehicle management office for C6 driver's license endorsement without examination.