Aufgeblassen
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You won't be able to license it for road use.
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Update On My Ayro 311 Reverse Trike & Something Went Horribly Wrong!
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You won't be able to license it for road use.
True, only a "low speed" vehicle. That's why the Chang Li can be legally imported without a ton of red tape. For transportation locally, perhaps to corner store may be legal, depending on the location. I've seen more and more ATV's /UTV's been driven on residential streets without license plates.
Maurtis
Elio Addict
Yeah, around here until recently, as long as you had a reflective triangle on the back of your vehicle it could be used within neighborhoods legally. Most were golf carts, but I had one on the back of our little old school 5HP go-kart. It was a riot driving it up to the neighborhood corner store for a beer run. But a couple years ago they tightened the restrictions to requiring lights, mirrors, and a city permit that the old Thunderkart would never get.
At the time my son was in kindergarten and his school was only two blocks away, still in the neighborhood, so I would occasionally pick him up in the go-kart. The other kids would lose their minds
But one of those Chang Lis would work fabulously.
Up here, in WA state, they have a permit "low speed non-commuter" license.
Top speed it allows is 28mph and you have to carry a plate that states that.
I've only seen it in a few towns, but they are legal. If it can go over that speed, say hello to your hotel room for the night.
And kiss $2,800 good-bye, and they can keep your vehicle for a indifferent amount of time, you do get first bid on it.
Proceeds go to (insert cause here)
Top speed it allows is 28mph and you have to carry a plate that states that.
I've only seen it in a few towns, but they are legal. If it can go over that speed, say hello to your hotel room for the night.
And kiss $2,800 good-bye, and they can keep your vehicle for a indifferent amount of time, you do get first bid on it.
Proceeds go to (insert cause here)
Aufgeblassen
Elio Addict
The Ayro top speed is 50, so can not just go on 45 MPH city streets, but highways as well.
Aufgeblassen
Elio Addict
I wasn't wide open when it broke.
84mpg
Elio Addict
Just me, but I'd never get anything on a highway that you couldn't hit the gas (or electric) pedal or throttle to get out of someone's way. I had too many near misses on bikes where a blip of the throttle saved me.
I'm hoping the new (un-named) power plant for the Elio will enable it to get out of its own way!
Aufgeblassen
Elio Addict
There is no legal liability of "being in someone's way". The only rare malfunction situation I can imagine if you you are on a downhill with a big rig behind you who lost his brakes and there is a runaway truck situation. I imagine he/she would be on air horn to warn you, so you would have time to pull over.
84mpg
Elio Addict
I definitely misspoke. Let me try again. As a former bike rider, there were a number of instances where I had to hit the throttle to avoid getting hit by a distracted driver/vehicle. (that's what I really meant by "getting out of someone's way") My bad for not being more clear.
Just had a flashback of an older white-haired woman running a red light as I was entering the intersection on my Triumph. I would have been her hood ornament if I hadn't hit the gas with the horsepower to get out of her way. She never saw the red light or me. My legal right to cross that intersection didn't mean jack squat to her. Only thing that saved my life was the throttle and the ability to hit it and get out of her way.
Good luck with that 5 mph cushion. That's not enough cushion for me on a highway.
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