There are some guys (30-40 year olds) who have these “bikes”. The peddles, as you say, are just for show. They have a thumb throttle and just fly around the town. A big issue with them is that they do not follow any road rules or traffic patterns. They will go against traffic, on the sidewalk, and completely ignore stop signs and signals. Another issue is that they look like bikes but don’t behave as a bike. So as a motor vehicle driver it’s hard to predict their behavior. I say if it has a throttle it should have a license plate.
Agreed on the traffic rules thing. I guess people think that since they aren’t cars or motorcycles, they don’t have to follow the rules of the road. In my town, there are also a lot of people (including kids) who drive like this with ATVs.
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u/Moopboop207 Jul 19 '26
There are some guys (30-40 year olds) who have these “bikes”. The peddles, as you say, are just for show. They have a thumb throttle and just fly around the town. A big issue with them is that they do not follow any road rules or traffic patterns. They will go against traffic, on the sidewalk, and completely ignore stop signs and signals. Another issue is that they look like bikes but don’t behave as a bike. So as a motor vehicle driver it’s hard to predict their behavior. I say if it has a throttle it should have a license plate.