Hip ! hip ! horay !!! - Got my Chinese Driving Licence

[Morfar]

I dont think you can decide what you want - you can get, what you have on your original licence, but.......TIC.....!!

[Graham]

I dont think you can decide what you want - you can get, what you have on your original licence, but.......TIC.....!!

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EXACTLY !!!

I HAVE
A
B
BE
B1
C1
C1E
D1
D1E
F
K
L
N
P

Which is every thing except 40 ton trucks.

Gra.

[euphonius]

Yes, you of course can freely choose a C1 (passenger car), C1D (car, solo bike and sidecar) or C1E (car and solo bike), but you must be very explicit about this when applying. Many vehicle management bureaus seem to be hard of hearing when it comes to the word "motorcycle," perhaps because it's a bit more work or a slightly different workflow for them.

If you don't have a motorcycle endorsement on your foreign license, you can still get any of the three, but you need to start from scratch, meaning you must take whatever brilliant mandatory "training" courses they offer, then pass a road test. If you have the motorcycle endorsement from overseas, you can omit these steps.

The only exceptions, and they unfortunately seem to be growing in number, are those creepy jurisdictions like Wuhan where local authorities have stopped issuing all but C1 licenses, apparently out of the twisted logic that motorcycles are banned there. Perish the thought that some Wuhanese might want a motorcycle license so they can ride in gazillions of places in China (and the rest of the world) where motorcycling is still permitted.

cheers

[TB-Racing]

avoid "B" endorsements as they involve regular health-checks every 12 month, just saying....

[humanbeing]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving..._licence_codes

w/o driving test = to C1E in most chinese city . Some will issue C1D if they likes u.
大型客车 A1 大型载客汽车 A3、B1、B2、C1、C2、C3、C4、M
牵引车 A2 重型、中型全挂、半挂汽车列车 B1、B2、C1、C2、C3、C4、M
城市公交车 A3 核准载10人以上的城市公共汽车 C1、C2、C3、C4
中型客车 B1 中型载客汽车（含核准载10人以上、19人以下的城市公共汽车） C1、C2、C3、C4、M
大型货车 B2 重型、中型载货汽车；大、重、中型专项作业车 C1、C2、C3、C4、M
小型汽车 C1 小型、微型载客汽车以及轻型、微型载货汽车、轻、小、微型专项作业车 C2、C3、C4
小型自动排档汽车C2 小型、微型自动排档载客汽车以及轻型、微型自动排档载货汽车
低速载货汽车 C3 低速载货汽车（原四轮农用运输车）
三轮汽车 C4 三轮汽车（原三轮农用运输车）
残疾人专用小型自动挡载客汽车 C5 残疾人专用小型、微型自动挡载客汽车
普通三轮摩托车 D 发动机排量大于50ml或者最大设计车速大于50km/h的三轮摩托车 E、F
普通二轮摩托车 E 发动机排量大于50ml或者最大设计车速大于50km/h的二轮摩托车 F
轻便摩托车 F 发动机排量小于等于50ml，最大设计车速小于等于50km/h的摩托车
轮式自行机械车 M 轮式自行机械车
无轨电车 N 无轨电车
有轨电车 P 有轨电

[humanbeing]

YES, your covered for vehicles up to 7 pax (C1) ...

C1: 小型 < or =6m | < or = 9 (driver incl.) seater | < or = total mass: 4500kg

[euphonius]

OK, followers of this thread who are thinking of getting a Chinese motorcycle license might want to have a look at the MCM thread on Getting a Chinese motorcycle license, where I've just posted some very cool study and practice tools.

cheers

[Graham]

Hi All,

Back again.

OK, first thing this morning we went to the translation office.
We got my UK licence translated with the additional categories.
Their excuse was, "well with getting a car licence, we didn't think you wanted a motorcycle licence also"
So my wife laid into them saying, why the hell they just didn't do a correct translation first time, instead of "what they think" - a translation is a translation, and should not have bits added, nor removed.

So then back to traffic dept.
Great girl on the desk, so my wife explained to her, regarding the incorrect translation, and that we would like to add "D" to the "C1"
The girl said there is 3 ways it can be done.
So she made a few phone calls, and said, it might be able to be done, or might have to take the test again, to add motorcycles.
She said, but don't worry.
1/ She will refer it higher, first wait to see how the "higher up the chain of command" say.
This could take up to 2 months, they might just add it on out of good will, as I got my motorbike licence way back in 1996, some 16 years ago.
So she has our contact details, and all the required photocopies.
She said if that fails,
2/ Then I can go to another traffic office, pay 400 rnb, and do a shortened test, and then it can be added.
or.
3/ Cancel my new C1 licence from yesterday, and sit another exam tomorrow, which will include car and bike questions, costing about 65 rnb.

First she said, "we will try the free way, takes a bit of time, but who rides a bike in Weifang in the winter !!"

We agreed, no rush for the "D" licence just yet, the "C1" is OK for now.


A few more licenses from around the world.

Gra.

[euphonius]

To paraphrase TexasAggie: China is a place where the easy is impossible, and the impossible is easy. Or, in your case, where people think when they shouldn't, and don't think when they should.

TIC.

[Graham]

To paraphrase TexasAggie: China is a place where the easy is impossible, and the impossible is easy. Or, in your case, where people think when they shouldn't, and don't think when they should.

TIC.

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Very true.

Gra.