QuadricycleBelgique

A Belgian light quadricycle is a four-wheeled motor vehicle belonging to the light L6e category and having a maximum design speed of no more than 45 km/h.

Under the current Road Code, a four-wheeled moped may have a maximum unladen mass of 425 kg. For an electric vehicle, the battery mass is excluded from this figure.

A three- or four-wheeled moped may have no more than two seats in total, including the driver's seat.

A light quadricycle normally requires a category AM driving licence. Holders of higher licence categories such as A1, A2, A or B also have entitlement to category AM.

You must normally be at least 16 years old to drive a light quadricycle. The driver must be at least 18 years old to carry a passenger under the applicable moped rules.

A motor quadricycle that is not a light quadricycle belongs to category B for Belgian driving-licence purposes. The normal minimum age for the category B practical licence is 18.

Yes. Light quadricycles used on public roads must normally be registered with the DIV and display the appropriate registration plate.

A Belgian light quadricycle receives a registration plate beginning with S-U.

Yes. The normal registration procedure requires the vehicle to be insured and registered through the applicable motor-vehicle insurance and DIV procedure.

Yes, where the vehicle has no passenger compartment. Drivers and passengers of motorised three- and four-wheelers and mopeds without a passenger compartment must wear an approved protective helmet, subject to the specific legal exceptions.

The general Belgian helmet requirement specifically applies to vehicles without a passenger compartment. In an enclosed vehicle, occupants must instead respect the applicable seat-belt and child-restraint requirements where the seating positions are equipped with them.

Yes, where a seat belt is fitted. Drivers and passengers of motor vehicles other than cars must wear the seat belts provided at their seating positions.

No. A light quadricycle falls within the moped category, and mopeds are prohibited from Belgian motorways. Its maximum design speed of 45 km/h is also well below the motorway requirement.

No. Mopeds are expressly prohibited from roads designated as autowegen, so a light quadricycle may not use them.

Only if the vehicle satisfies all motorway-access requirements. Belgian law specifically prohibits motor quadricycles without a passenger compartment and vehicles unable to reach 70 km/h on a level road. An enclosed motor quadricycle capable of satisfying the other motorway requirements is therefore treated differently from a light quadricycle.

Generally yes. Except where a special provision applies, drivers of motor quadricycles that are not classified as mopeds must follow the same traffic rules as drivers of cars.