Driving license class 3 exchange: Which classes do you get?
Created: 2022-06-27 04:46
By: Omer Kayali
All old driver's licenses will have to be exchanged for the check card in the next few years.
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With the exchange of the driving license class 3, new classes are shown in the credit card driving license.
You can find out what these are here.
By 2033, all driving licenses in the EU are to be standardized.
This means that everyone with the old “rag” will have to exchange it for a credit card-sized driver’s license in the next few years.
If you continue to be checked with the outdated document after the deadline has expired, you risk a fine.
Holders of the category 3 driving license enjoy the advantage that they are allowed to drive more vehicles than younger generations with the new category B. The exchange practically does not invalidate the driving license, but the corresponding driving license classes must be transferred to the newer categories.
What exactly that looks like, we reveal below.
Driver's license class 3: Which classes do you get in the new driver's license?
According to the ADAC, all holders of the old driving license class 3 can
acquire
the classes B, BE, C1 and C1E .
However, the old ones cannot be directly transferred to the new classes.
The date of issue plays a role here.
For this reason,
key numbers
on the credit card driver's license provide additional information about the classes.
You can find out what these mean on the official website of the Federal Ministry of Justice.
After the exchange, the following classes will appear in the new driver's license:
old driving license class | issue date | new driver's license class | key numbers |
---|---|---|---|
3 | before April 1, 1980 | A, A1, AM, B, BE, C1, C1E, CE, L, T | CE 79 (C1E>12 000 kg, L≤3), C1 171, L 174, 175,A1 79.05, A 79.03, A 79.04, BE 79.06 |
3 | after March 31, 1980 and before January 1, 1989 | A, A1, AM, B, BE, C1, C1E, CE, L, T* | CE 79 (C1E > 12 000 kg, L ≤ 3) ,C1 171, L 174, 175, A1 79.03, A1 79.04, A 79.03, A 79.04, BE 79.06 |
3 | after December 31, 1988 | A, A1, AM, B, BE, C1, C1E, CE, L, T* | CE 79 (C1E>12 000 kg, L≤3), C1 171, L 174, A1 79.03, A1 79.04, A 79.03, A 79.04, BE 79.06 |
Source: ADAC
Owners of the old driving license will not only be allowed to drive cars, but
also trucks thanks to the classes C1 and C1E
.
The first driving licenses have to be exchanged as early as July
The first deadline for the driver's license exchange will expire shortly.
Anyone
born between 1953 and 1958
who obtained their driver's license
before January 1, 1999
must
exchange it by July 19
.
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