Q am a mechanic in a workshop
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repairing heavy commercial vehicles. As part of my work I have to road-test vehicles after repair and I know I shall need an h.g.v. driver's licence What I would like to know is this: Which class of licence will need if I drive rigid vehicles and the tractive unit only of articulated outfits? We don't have the trailers in our workshop.
A You will need a class 2 licence if the ^ rigid vehicles you drive have three or more axles. If they only have two axles a class 3 licence will be sufficient. So far as the tractive units are concerned the same applies, because the tractive unit of an articulated outfit is classed as a rigid vehicle if a trailer is not attached. References to this point are made in the Road Traffic Act 1960 253(9) and the Heavy Goods Vehicles (Drivers' Licences) Regulations 1969.