What is the maximum number of persons, including yourself, that you may transport if you have a B-category driving licence?

In the photo you can see the back of a driving licence with the table of categories; the entry in row B shows the date on which the entitlement was obtained and its expiry date. With a category B driving licence you may carry a maximum of 9 people, including yourself - answer B. The number 5 (A) is the typical number of seats in a passenger car, not the limit of the category, and 10 people (C) means a bus, for which you need category D1 or D.

The Vehicle Drivers Act states that a category B driving licence entitles you to drive a motor vehicle with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3.5 t, except for a bus and a motorcycle, and the Road Traffic Act defines a bus as a motor vehicle designed to carry more than 9 people including the driver. A nine-seater minibus therefore falls within category B, as long as it does not exceed 3.5 t. Remember, however, that in a specific vehicle the number of seats in the vehicle registration certificate applies - you cannot carry nine people in a five-seater car.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 point 6 letter a of the Vehicle Drivers Act (ustawa o kierujących pojazdami); Art. 2 point 41 and Art. 63 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)