Petition · past parliament

Automatically upgrade A2 motorcycle licence to A license after 2 years.

Closed 442 signatures

What the petition asks

Now that we have left the EU, we should 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

For car drivers of any age or experience, once a full license is obtained, they are able to drive any capacity car of their choosing. This is discrimination against motorcyclists.

Timeline

28 Sep 2022 Petition opened for signatures
28 Mar 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 442
Status Closed
Opened 28 Sep 2022
Closed 28 Mar 2023

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