Sharp Right
Elio Enthusiast
Dear Friends,
Do any of you live in Maryland? Have you made a deposit on an Elio? Would you like to eventually drive it? Me too.
Well, I received some very bad news today. It seems that if each of us were to receive our ELIO's today, they may not be registered to in the State of Maryland (if current Maryland Law remains unchanged).
Why? The representative of the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration Department of Motorcycle Safety
told me the following:
1) The ELIO is not a Motorcycle.
2) Though Maryland Law states that any vehicle with fewer than 4 wheels is considered a Motorcycle, the ELIO does not conform to the Maryland State Definition of a Motorcycle.
3) Maryland Motor Vehicle Law section 21-1302, paragraph d, states that to ride what is considered a "Motorcycle", one must sit with both legs astride the vehicle.
4) There is currently no classification to Register an Autocycle, in the State of Maryland.
Wow....I really hope that I was given some bad information. It is my hope that somebody here might help me to feel better about spending $1000 on a vehicle that I may not currently register.
If this is good information, perhaps the ELIO staff lobbyists know all about this and they are working to correct the problem.
Does anybody have data on this subject?
Please Advise,
Do any of you live in Maryland? Have you made a deposit on an Elio? Would you like to eventually drive it? Me too.
Well, I received some very bad news today. It seems that if each of us were to receive our ELIO's today, they may not be registered to in the State of Maryland (if current Maryland Law remains unchanged).
Why? The representative of the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration Department of Motorcycle Safety
told me the following:
1) The ELIO is not a Motorcycle.
2) Though Maryland Law states that any vehicle with fewer than 4 wheels is considered a Motorcycle, the ELIO does not conform to the Maryland State Definition of a Motorcycle.
3) Maryland Motor Vehicle Law section 21-1302, paragraph d, states that to ride what is considered a "Motorcycle", one must sit with both legs astride the vehicle.
4) There is currently no classification to Register an Autocycle, in the State of Maryland.
Wow....I really hope that I was given some bad information. It is my hope that somebody here might help me to feel better about spending $1000 on a vehicle that I may not currently register.
If this is good information, perhaps the ELIO staff lobbyists know all about this and they are working to correct the problem.
Does anybody have data on this subject?
Please Advise,
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