Elio Now Legal In Maryland

[Gas-Powered Awesome]

The people in the government of Maryland passed House Bill 805 which defines an "autocycle", regulates it as a motorcycle, and allows it to be driven without a motorcycle license or helmet.

GAM-HB0805 Documents 2016 Regular Session

Direct link to the PDF: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0805T.pdf

 

[Ian442]

As a future Elio commuter to Baltimore from York PA, this is welcome news.

 

[Gas-Powered Awesome]

You would have been fine anyway. Any vehicle legally registered in any state (and complying with that state's laws) can be legally driven in any other state. (There are some exceptions, I think.)

There are a bunch of Polaris Slingshots tooling around Maryland on VA plates. They can't be registered in Maryland.

 

[Sethodine]

There are a bunch of Polaris Slingshots tooling around Maryland on VA plates. They can't be registered in Maryland.

Except now they can, perhaps?

 

[wizard of ahs]

Indiana likes "autocycles"

Senate Bill 383 - Autocycles and motorcycles

BMV: Autocycles

 

[Gas-Powered Awesome]

Except now they can, perhaps?

Not until October, when new laws become effective in MD.

 

[Ty]

Good to hear. Now, if Missouri and West Virginia would drop their helmet requirement for the Elio... Now if Montana, Arkansas, Alaska, Hawaii, and Rhode Island would just drop their "under 21 must wear a helmet" requirements, we'd be in business...

Next - dropping the motorcycle license requirement. Does anyone know where Elio stands on that issue in the states?

 

[BiloxiGeek]

Next - dropping the motorcycle license requirement. Does anyone know where Elio stands on that issue in the states?

I only know this for sure in Mississippi, but I think most of the states that are adopting the autocycle classification are including the no motorcycle endorsement in their legislation.

 

[Jambe]

Still requiring a MC endorsement:

AK, GA, HI, IA, ME, MO, MT, NY, RI, SD, WV, and WY.

 

[Ekh]

The people in the government of Maryland passed House Bill 805 which defines an "autocycle", regulates it as a motorcycle, and allows it to be driven without a motorcycle license or helmet.

GAM-HB0805 Documents 2016 Regular Session

Direct link to the PDF: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0805T.pdf

That's really interesting. They had it requiring motor vehicle safety standards, and crossed it out to read motorcycle safety standards. This is not good news -- there are many cheapo three-wheelers imported which would be legal as auto cycles under this definition and be drastically unsafe.

Sloppy legislation, and the Federal regulation changes now pending may be necessary to correct this kind of muddy legislative thinking. Elio had better hope that's the case, because being branded as one of these grossly UNSAFE vehicles is not to their best interest. They don't want to be tarred with the same brush, so to speak.