58. Additional Questions for Categories BE, C1E, CE, D1E, DE (Legal Responsibility)
58.1. From what age can the right to drive vehicles of category BE be granted?
UAЗ якого віку може бути надано право на керування транспортними засобами категорії ВЕ?
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Clause 2.13
The right to drive vehicles may be granted to persons: • mopeds and motorcycles (categories A1, A) — from the age of 16; • cars (categories B, C1, C) — from the age of 18; • cars with trailers or semi-trailers (categories BE, C1E, CE), as well as those intended for the transportation of heavy and dangerous goods — from the age of 19; • buses and minibuses (categories D1, D), trams and trolleybuses — from the age of 21.
Vehicles belong to the following categories: BE, C1E, CE, D1E, DE — combinations of vehicles with a tractor unit of category B, C1, C, D1, or D and a trailer with a total mass exceeding 750 kg.
Explanation of application: this clause directly establishes the minimum age from which the right to drive vehicles of category BE (a category B car with a trailer over 750 kg) may be granted.
That is, the correct answer is "From the age of 19," given that according to the definition in the Traffic Rules, the right to drive cars with trailers or semi-trailers of category BE is granted from the age of 19.
When it comes to category BE, it refers to driving a combination of vehicles: a category B car and a trailer with a total weight exceeding 750 kg. That is, this is no longer just driving a regular passenger car, but driving a car with a heavier trailer, which requires higher skills and responsibility.
Clause 2.13 of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine specifies from what age the right to drive various categories may be granted. Vehicles with trailers or semi-trailers, which include category BE, are singled out separately. For such vehicles, a higher age threshold is set compared to category B.
The logic of this rule is simple: driving with a trailer (especially over 750 kg) is more difficult to control, has different braking and maneuvering dynamics, and requires greater driver preparedness. That is why the Traffic Rules stipulate that the right to drive category BE is granted not from the age of 18, as with a passenger car without a heavy trailer, but later.
Therefore, the correct answer is "From the age of 19," since clause 2.13 of the Traffic Rules establishes that the right to drive a car with a BE category trailer is granted from the age of 19.
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