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On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:35:06 GMT, Simon Brooke <[email protected]>
wrote (more or less):
>in message <[email protected]>, David Hansen
>('[email protected]') wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:16:39 +0100 someone who may be davek
>> <[email protected]> wrote this:-
>>
>>>> I'm curious- on what grounds are they considered motor vehicles?
>>>
>>>They are vehicles. And they have a motor.
>
>In fact, to be precise, two motors.
>
>> So do electric bikes, but they are not classed as motor vehicles in
>> legal terms.
>
>In that case the law is perverse, and an ass.
Not entirely. Electric bikes are only not classed as motor vehicles
as long as the motors provide only assistance to the pedaller, rather
than primary motive force.
And even then if it's kept limited to low power. And low speed.
(less than 15mph)
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Cheers,
Euan
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wrote (more or less):
>in message <[email protected]>, David Hansen
>('[email protected]') wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:16:39 +0100 someone who may be davek
>> <[email protected]> wrote this:-
>>
>>>> I'm curious- on what grounds are they considered motor vehicles?
>>>
>>>They are vehicles. And they have a motor.
>
>In fact, to be precise, two motors.
>
>> So do electric bikes, but they are not classed as motor vehicles in
>> legal terms.
>
>In that case the law is perverse, and an ass.
Not entirely. Electric bikes are only not classed as motor vehicles
as long as the motors provide only assistance to the pedaller, rather
than primary motive force.
And even then if it's kept limited to low power. And low speed.
(less than 15mph)
--
Cheers,
Euan
Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr
Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122
Smalltalk links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk) http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk