Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Automatically upgrade A2 motorcycle licence to A licence after 2 years

Closed 6,399 signatures

What the petition asks

Now, that we have left the EU, to go back to previous law (pre-2013) whereby motorcycle licenses were automatically upgraded from an A2 licence to an unrestricted licence after two years. Riders should have learned the necessary skill in these two years to ride bigger bikes.
We believe taking the same Mod1/Mod2 tests a second time, just on a different capacity bike, doesn't make any difference to training or safety standards.

In the past, an A2 rider would be restricted to two years before achieving a full unrestricted motorcycle license. I propose we now return to that scheme again.

Timeline

15 Feb 2022 Petition opened for signatures
15 Aug 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 6,399
Status Closed
Department Department for Transport
Opened 15 Feb 2022
Closed 15 Aug 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.