Michael Lee
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This is Massachusetts and the best we can hope for here is an "I don't know."What I want to know is the license requirements.. Hear anything?
Ray
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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.This is Massachusetts and the best we can hope for here is an "I don't know."What I want to know is the license requirements.. Hear anything?
Ray
Right now we need to have a motorcycle endorsement to drive one.This is Massachusetts and the best we can hope for here is an "I don't know."
I have one but feel it is ridiculous to require this for the Elio.. Car driving skills make total sense as there is nothing here but a 3 wheeled car..Right now we need to have a motorcycle endorsement to drive one.
This is why a new vehicle type needs to be created.. the autocycle needs to be defined..I play with a car that requires me to wear a helmet. It is of the SA type not a motorcycle one.http://www.smf.org/testing Wearing a helmet in an enclosed vehicle with airbags is actually more hazardous than not wearing one. The skills required to safely operate this vehicle are not the same ones that you need for a conventional motorcycle. This is about the folks that write the regulations not understanding what they are regulating.
Here is the condensed information.. Good work locating that info Steve! Looks like Mass. will not consider the Elio a motorcycle..https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter90/Section1
This is a link to MA general laws Definitions.Due to its enclosed body the Elio is excepted from being a motocycle.
Nice to see you again raybonz. Thank you for extrapolating that. If I had realized you were going to do it I would have skipped reading all that other stuff. LOL Of course this does not change the fact that the Elio is a motorcycle according to Federal regulations and will therefore have a mc vin. Does this mean your Elios will be licensed as cars and therefore pay insurance and other car fees? It will be interesting to see how this all eventually falls into place. :-) ZHere is the condensed information.. Good work locating that info Steve! Looks like Mass. will not consider the Elio a motorcycle..
" "Motorcycle'', any motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, including any bicycle with a motor or driving wheel attached, except a tractor or a motor vehicle designed for the carrying of golf clubs and not more than four persons, an industrial three-wheel truck, a motor vehicle on which the operator and passenger ride within an enclosed cab, or a motorized bicycle."
Ray