I’ve seen several of these around, on roads. And to be honest, if I had to replace my car, it might be for one of these!
But what the hell? They are ONLY allowed on sidewalks, which IMO, they really shouldn’t be. And are NOT allowed on roads because they are classified as “pedestrians”?
We need new laws to accomodate and encourage the adoption of “mini cars” as car alternatives within urban and sububan travel…
Just make wide mobile lanes and it’s not a problem.
Cars got pedestrians, bikes, and others fighting for scraps of right fi way while consuming 80%+ of it.
Here in Finland they are mopeds (EU classification L1e) - limited to 45km/h, allowed on the road and most bike lanes, can be driven without a license if you were born before 1985 (grandfathered) otherwise requires the quick and cheap AM license you can get at 15.
Which is why they are almost entirely advertised for the elderly, literally known as senior scooters, as a vehicle that doesn’t require a license means you can keep driving one even if the doctor takes your drivers license.Wow. You only get the 25km/h model here for that. For anything faster, you need a full driving licence.
Why not just update the highway traffic act to accomodate new realities, instead of doubling-down on enforcement?
Good luck. Getting the HTA to change for the benefit of non-car drivers is near impossible.
We need the Idaho Stop legalized in Canada and the HTA is the only way to get it (and that hasn’t happened in… Decades?). 😞
Maybe someone just gotta submit the right form. That’s how you deal with these bearocracies. I gotta get looking into this! I bet we could get an AI to do it!
Really, I wish you luck!
I’ve tried to get my MP, local city council, regional council, and regional advocacy groups to get some movement, and nothing.
I’m saying this as I’m watching a bike touring video series around the Netherlands, and I feel even more pissed off about the state of our transportation priorities.
Can’t we just like submit a pull request?
Saw someone weaving in and out of traffic on a unicycle doing 50mph. So that happened.
LOL. I don’t think most places even have a legal designation for EUCs, so “anything goes!” 😱
Depends. We have three classes of them here. There is the 6km/h variant for the sidewalk, there is a 25km/h variant for which you need a simple driving licence and insurance that you can use on roads and bike lanes (IIRC), and a 40km/h version where you need a full driving licence and a bigger insurance, for use on the roads.
