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E Bikes
These things kind of fall between the cracks, neatly splitting existing regulations. Which, believe me, I'm all for - we are far too encumbered with regulations covering every aspect of our lives.
Which is all well and good, of course, until the day when I hear that annoying clicking sound and pull over to find one stuck in the tread of my Land Cruiser's tires. How did he get there? Why was he operating it at 37 mph on an uphill in the inside lane of a multi-lane 55 mph highway on a dark foggy morning with a non-DOT approved headlight and tail light? Why was it not licensed for highway use as a motor vehicle? Why was he not wearing the mandatory DOT approved helmet required of motorcyclists?
Lots of questions need to be answered as we integrate these things into our transportation infrastructure. And no, the "answer" is not to make existing motor vehicle traffic slow down and accommodate them...
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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