The age limit for car driving licenses has long been 18 years in Sweden, but already at the age of 16 it is allowed to start practice driving with a supervisor.
But is it allowed to tow a trailer behind the car when practice driving?
Here you get the answer.
Can you practice driving with a trailer?
The answer to whether it is permitted to practice driving with a trailer behind a passenger car is yes, but not under the same conditions as for practice driving with a passenger car without a trailer.
As mentioned, the age limit for practice driving with a passenger car is 16 years, but that limit does not apply when you connect a trailer to the back of the car.
Then it is according to The Swedish Transport Agency’s website instead an age limit of 17 years and 6 months, or even 18 years, applies.
For some trailers, you have to wait until the age of 18 to practice driving – Photo: Kia Higher age limit for trailers
The age limit of 17 years and 6 months applies when towing a light trailer behind a passenger car. It also applies to extended B license (B96), where a passenger car or light truck tows a trailer and the total weight of the vehicle combination does not exceed 4,250 kilos.
The age limit of 18 years applies for BE authorization, where a passenger car or light truck tows one or more trailers with a total weight of no more than 3,500 kilos.
You can read more about the authorizations for towing a trailer behind a passenger car here.
Conditions for practice driving privately
If you want to practice driving with a trailer privately, you must, in addition to being of the right age, also meet the following requirements.
A approved supervisor. The supervisor with whom you practice drive must be approved, and have held a driver’s license with the authorization for which you are to practice drive for at least five of the last ten years.
Have a driver’s license permit.
Bring a valid ID document.
Have valid introductory training.
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