Swiss Driving Licence on Probation
Driving School Baschi KlG

With your first category B (car) or A or A restricted (motorbike) driving licence, you have a probationary period of three years.

With the Swiss probationary driving licence, the rule is: zero alcohol while driving.

Anyone who already holds an unlimited category A or category B driving licence and wishes to acquire the other category will receive the licence for an unlimited period.

All persons born before 1 December 1987 and all persons who - regardless of their date of birth - submit an application for a category A (motorbike) or B (passenger car) learner's licence for the first time before 1 December 2005 will receive an unlimited driving licence and do not have to attend a WAB course.

The probationary period ends after three years if no offences against the traffic regulations are committed that lead to the withdrawal of the driving licence and thus to the extension of the probationary period.

You will find the end date of your probationary period on your driving licence under point 4b «Expiry date».

The permanent Swiss driving licence will only be sent to you by the Road Traffic Licensing Office once the probationary period has expired and you have proven that you have attended the one-day WAB advanced training course. You do not have to do anything.

The advanced training course lasts 7 hours and is completed in one day. According to the law, this WAB course day must be attended within 12 months of acquiring the temporary Swiss driving licence - otherwise the police can fine you in an inspection! The course organiser can be chosen freely.

The costs are roughly the equivalent of 5 to 6 driving lessons at a driving school.

The advanced training course must be completed during the probationary period. If the advanced training course is not completed, the licence holder loses all driving authorisations entered on the licence. Upon request and subject to a fee, the further training can be completed within a grace period of three months. A separate licence to drive motor vehicles - limited to the date of the course - will be issued by the Road Traffic Office. Anyone wishing to drive motor vehicles in the main or sub-categories after the grace period has expired unused must submit a new application for a learner's licence and pass the regular driving test (theory and practice) again.

If the holder of the probationary driving licence commits an offence that leads to the licence being withdrawn, the probationary period is extended by one year and a new temporary driving licence is issued accordingly. If the licence withdrawal ends after the probationary period, a new probationary driving licence will also be issued; the probationary period ends one year after its date of issue.

If the licence holder commits a second offence that results in the licence being revoked, the licence expires. This also applies if the licence has already been issued for an indefinite period (in ignorance of the second offence). Cancellation applies to all categories and sub-categories. The same applies to the special categories if the licence holder cannot guarantee that he/she will not commit any offences with vehicles in the special categories in the future. Otherwise, the licensing authority will issue a driving licence for the special categories.

A new learner's licence can be applied for at the earliest after a waiting period of at least one year since the offence that led to the cancellation of the driving licence was committed. In addition, a traffic psychologist's report confirming fitness to drive must be submitted. After passing the driving test, a new probationary driving licence will be issued.

We work with the organisers “DriveZ Kanton Zürich“ , “Verkehrssicherheitszentrum Thurgau AG“ and “Driving-Park AG Winterthur“ They organise the WAB course at the military airfield in Dübendorf, Weinfelden TG and Ohrbühl.