The electric scooter on the news last night

[ManDownUnder]

One of our MPs was riding it around, then commented one needs a motorcycle licence to ride it...

I hope he has one himself - riding in a public place as he was.

Also, riding it with a bicycle helmt on - ain't that against the rules too?

Who saw it? Who is it?

[imdying]

Saw one this morning... bizzare.. makes no noise. Sort of like a high performance electric wheelchair :lol:

[Ixion]

I didn't see it, but, depending on its power output, it may need no licence (or helmet). Comes under the same classification as mobility scooters. The law on them changed recently.

[James Deuce]

I shall continue my research on high output directional EMP.

I won't be resting until I've immobilised every electric vehicle.

[ManDownUnder]

'twas David Parker that I saw... and now to confirm the model of scooter he was on....

[Flyingpony]

Yeah I saw it.
Was a silver bike.

He said it could do 70km/hr but wasn't too sure and in which case, one would need a motorcycle licence to ride it. Next thing they'll need to be registered and warranted too.

He said he didn't own/use it and this was some sort of publicity stunt.
He also agreed with the reporter that these could be used to replace the ministerial cars.

[Ixion]

,,
He also agreed with the reporter that these could be used to replace the ministerial cars.


Well, Helen has a bike licence, so she'll be OK.

[ManDownUnder]

Yeah I saw it.
Was a silver bike.

He said it could do 70km/hr but wasn't too sure and in which case, one would need a motorcycle licence to ride it. Next thing they'll need to be registered and warranted too.

He said he didn't own/use it and this was some sort of publicity stunt.
He also agreed with the reporter that these could be used to replace the ministerial cars.

... and he was riding it with a bicycle helmet on

The point I would like to make (to him) is that these two facts are incongruous...

Just for a bit of fun of course...

[Flyingpony]

... and he was riding it with a bicycle helmet on
Not to forget, suit and tie as well.

[ManDownUnder]

Not to forget, suit and tie as well.

True - but they're not illegal. Stupid... but not illegal.

As I understand it - if you need a licence to ride it, you also need a helmet.

[F5 Dave]

The news on the raid-eo s’morn said some politician had apparently stated that people will be plugging their electric cars up at curbside filling stations as soon as 5 yrs time.

Bwahhahahaha!

For a start the battery technology isn’t there to make that quick enough to be practical & when all is said & done we haven’t gotten enough electricity generation to cope with current growth let alone adding transport to it.

Further when considering the mining & manufacturing processes that go into rare earth batteries & making these cars + the generation of the energy to power them they don’t prove more eco than combustion vehicles.

Scooters may prove more so though

[Indiana_Jones]

Well, Helen has a bike licence, so she'll be OK.

I wonder what excuse she'll use when she gets caught doing 160 Kph on that?

"uhhhhhhh I didn't notice......uhhhhhhh uhhhhhh duhhhhhh" and so on and so forth

-Indy

[Blairos]

Well, Helen has a bike licence, so she'll be OK.

Shouldnt that be a Broomstick Licence? :yes:

[Ixion]

Hm. As her experience is limited to a Honda step through, I doubt 160kph is on the cards. Though you never know, it was a Honda after all.

[Switch]

I had no idea she had he bike licence. ...Helen Clark...in leathers...tight leathers...Might see that crotch buldge coming through?:gob: :dodge: :lol:

[Hellraiser]

I had no idea she had he bike licence. ...Helen Clark...in leathers...tight leathers...Might see that crotch buldge coming through?:gob: :dodge: :lol:

Carefull your going to get Dover all turned on ........

[Lias]

Helen Clark...in leathers...tight leathers...Might see that crotch buldge coming through?:gob: :dodge: :lol:

Mein Eyes! Mein Eyes!

[Babelfish]

Made me wonder what efforts are going into hybrid motocycles, and found this bike of the future....I'd prefer to see most politicians riding this than the piddly scoot shown on telly...in fact, I think thats helen on it...

[Babelfish]

Oh, and found Yamaha's 2005 entry:

http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/12/the-yamaha-gen-ryu-hybrid-motorcycle/

[Babelfish]

Ok, being a you tube freak I couldnt help meself....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vZYJxSfEQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrFPMLAfs3s&NR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dRpAZci9m0

And considering the amount of freaks on the mini choppers in 06, I shudder to wonder when these will take off:

http://www.rqriley.com/chopper-et.htm

[Switch]

Would be interesting to see some electric motorbikes being produced a whole lot more. But then again, they don't last long before you need to charge them again

[davereid]

From LTSA website ; http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/importing/notice-low-powered-vehicles.html

Is my low-powered vehicle a 'motor vehicle'?

This depends on the vehicle's power output as well as its design and performance capability.

The Land Transport Act 1998 was recently amended to clarify the legal situation regarding vehicles of this type. The Act allows the Director of Land Transport to declare that vehicles whose power output is less than 600 watts are 'not motor vehicles'.

If the power output is more than 600 watts, the vehicle is a motor vehicle.

In terms of vehicle type, a low-powered vehicle such as an electric or petrol-powered scooter whose power output is:
between 0 and 600 watts is currently classified as a moped (but this may change by means of declarations in the future)
more than 600 watts is classified as a moped
more than 2000 watts is classified as a motorcycle.

So, given that it was capable of 70 km/hr.. its got at least 2 kw so its a motorcycle.

[F5 Dave]

. . . Is my low-powered vehicle a 'motor vehicle'? . . .

So we are talking about the Harley?:Pokey:

Odd thing about Mopeds is some while back they did an weird thing with the 50cc rego thing. I went to get a WOF for my RG50 as I had been doing for 6 years & the different bike shop I tried (failed it for the footpeg rubbers, tossers) said that it was rego'd as a Moped so they couldn't give me a WOF anyway (but still charged me for a 'safety inspection').

Sounded stupid to me, but I was just selling it. Guess this must have been 6 yrs ago now, time flies huh?