License classes — Missouri Permit Test

The Class F license is Missouri's basic driver license, also called an operator license.

Class F is the ordinary card. Knowing its letter is how you tell it from the ones a truck or a bus needs.

This is the basic driver license, also called an operator license.

A Class F license does not let you drive a motorcycle unless the license shows the Motorcycle (M) endorsement.

The car test never asked you to balance. Missouri wants a second test on the machine before it lets you ride.

The Class F license does not allow you to drive a motorcycle unless the license shows the Motorcycle (M) endorsement.

To get a full Class F license you must pass the written, vision, road sign, and driving tests.

Four parts, and each one asks something the others cannot. Passing the paper is not the same as steering the car.

You must pass the Class F written, vision, road sign, and driving tests.

The Class E license is the for-hire license, and its written exam draws mainly on the commercial vehicle chapter.

Driving for pay puts other people's lives and goods in your car. The state asks a harder paper before it allows that.

the written exam will include questions based on the complete driver guide, but mainly Chapter 15 (Commercial Vehicles)

You need a Class E for-hire license if you are paid to drive a motor vehicle carrying 14 or fewer passengers.

A day care van is not a bus, and it is not a family car either. Missouri puts that middle ground under Class E.

If you receive pay for driving a motor vehicle transporting 14 or fewer passengers (such as a driver for a day care center).

You must hold a Class M license or permit, or a license with the M endorsement, to ride a motorcycle or motortricycle on public roads.

Two wheels fall over when they stop. The state wants proof you can handle that before you take one into traffic.

You must have a Class M license or permit (or a driver license with the M endorsement) if you operate a motorcycle or motortricycle on public roadways.

A driver operating a motorized bicycle does not need a motorcycle endorsement, but must hold a valid operator license.

A moped is slow enough that the state skips the motorcycle test. It is still a machine in traffic, so the card still matters.

A driver operating a motorized bicycle is not required to obtain a motorcycle endorsement

You must be at least 18 to apply for a commercial driver license, and at least 21 for a CDL with a hazardous materials or school bus endorsement.

A tanker or a bus full of children raises what a mistake costs. Missouri adds three years before it lets you carry either.

You must be at least 18 years old to apply for a CDL, and at least 21 years old to obtain a CDL with a Hazardous Materials or School Bus endorsement.

What is Missouri's basic driver license called?

A Class F, or operator, license. Class F is the ordinary card. Knowing its letter is how you tell it from the ones a truck or a bus needs. Missouri Driver Guide, p.4: “This is the basic driver license, also called an operator license.”