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B+E: Vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes MAM towing trailers over 750kgs MAM

B+E: Vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes MAM towing trailers over 750kgs MAM

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Category B+E allows vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes MAM to be combined with trailers in excess of 750kgs MAM.

In order to gain this entitlement new category B licence holders have to pass a further practical test for category B+E.

There is no category B+E theory test.

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For driver licensing purposes there are no vehicle/trailer weight ratio limits for category B+E.

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**Maximum authorised mass (MAM)

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In this article reference is made to the maximum authorised mass (MAM) of vehicles and trailers. This should be taken to mean the permissible maximum weight, also known as the gross vehicle weight.