Types of driving licenses accepted in Rwanda
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Are you preparing for your driving test?
Chances are, you are looking for category A or B, in which case you want to drive a car or a motorbike.
Did you know that there are 9 categories of driving licenses?
In this blog, you are going to learn what each category of driving license allows you to do.
Category A:
This category of driving allows you to drive motorbikes/motorcycles,
The minimum age to obtain it is 18.
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Category A1:
This category of driving allows you to drive motorbikes and tricycles
three motorized vehicles designed for people with certain physical disabilities;
The minimum age to obtain it is 18.
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Category B:
This category of driving license allows you to driveVehicles designed for the transport of people and have a maximum of eight seats excluding the driver; and 3500KG in maximum weight.
The minimum age is 18.
Category B1:
This category of driving license allows you to driveVehicles designed for the transport of people and have a maximum of eight seats designed for the transport of people with disabilities of certain limbs.
The minimum age to obtain a license is 18.
Category C.
This category of driving license allows you to drive heavy vehicles, over 3500KG weighing up to 10 Tons.
The minimum age is 21.
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Category D.
This category of driving license allows you to drive vehicles that carry more than 8 and no more than 30 passengers including the driver.
The minimum age is 21.
Category D1
This category of driving license allows you to drive vehicles that carry more than 30 passengers excluding the driver.
The minimum age is 21
Category E.
This category of driving license allows you to drive vehicles with towing vehicles that are in one of the categories B, C, D. The driver is allowed to tow a trailer that does not exceed 750 kg.
The minimum age is 21.
Category F.
The category of driving license allows you to drive special machinery (farming, road construction, lifting and loading machines, etc.)
The minimum age is 18.
Now that you know what all the license categories mean,
To have one of them, you must pass a provisional test (knowledge of traffic rules)
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