Training categories

Category AM is the driver's licence for mopeds and scooters allowing the user to participate in street and road traffic with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles with the maximum engine displacement of 50 cm3 and the maximum design velocity of 45 km/h, as well as with four-wheeled motor vehicles with an unladen weight...

Licence category A, or motorcycle driver's licence, is intended for the driving of two-wheel motor vehicles with or without side-cars with an engine displacement of 50 cm3 or more – with design maximum velocity over 45 km/h. Category A training can be started from the age of 22, but the theory and driving exam at Road...

Category B - Motor vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3500 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver. Practical training can be started from the age of 16. The CSDD exams can be taken from the age of 18.

Category BE or driver's licence for towing a trailer – for driving a Category B motorised vehicle while towing a trailer the fully laden weight of which is up to 3500 kg. In order to obtain Category BE driver's licence, the person is required to hold Category B driver's licence – and acquire the theoretical and practic...

Category C is driver's licence required to operate a motorised vehicle with the maximum fully laden mass exceeding 3500 kg and not included in Category D, as well as road trains, including a towing vehicle and a trailer within this category, with the trailer having a fully laden maximum mass not exceeding 750 kg. Categ...

Category CE – driver's licence for the road train coupling of a Category C tractor to a trailer with a maximum mass exceeding 750 kg. Only holders of a Category C driver's licence may obtain the licence to drive a lorry with a trailer. In addition, if you already hold a Category B, C or D driver's licence, you will als...

Category D is bus driver's licence for carrying passengers in motorised vehicles comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat, with the coupling of a towing vehicle in this category to a trailer having a maximum mass not exceeding 750 kg. Category D training can be started from the age of 22, but d...

Driver's Licence Code No. 95 – training for acquisition of professional driver's licence. Pursuant to provisions of the Directive 2003/59/EC – in order to raise professional driver's qualification and ensure separation of professional drivers' categories within D1, D1E, D, DE or C1, C1E, C, CE vehicle groups, drivers e...

First aid courses for future drivers. Theoretical and practical training in first medical aid for accidents – what to do in the event of an accident, what are the stages of rescue and how to provide first aid to the victim. First aid training courses consist of two classes – theoretical and practical training with a to...

Medical commission of vehicle drivers or mandatory medical examination – health examination with the aim to assess the health condition of the driver and the ability to drive a vehicle, in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia Regulations No. 940. The medical examination must be carried out...