Speedy mobility scooter

50Twuncle

I have just seen a mobility scooter - shooting past the front of our house (on the road) - it was doing at least 20mph - I am assuming that it was a class 3 that had been souped up ...
I didn't think that this was allowed ?
Or is there a class that I was not aware of ?

benniebert

50Twuncle wrote: »

I have just seen a mobility scooter - shooting past the front of our house (on the road) - it was doing at least 20mph - I am assuming that it was a class 3 that had been souped up ...
I didn't think that this was allowed ?
Or is there a class that I was not aware of ?

Are you sure that it wasn't an ATV - they look the same as they whizz past.

50Twuncle

benniebert wrote: »

Are you sure that it wasn't an ATV - they look the same as they whizz past.

No - it was definitely an disability scooter - with a basket on the front - and it was on the road rather than pavement
I can't be sure - but I think that it had a number plate as well !!

rogerblack

It could in principle simply be registered as a quadricycle, not a disability scooter.
Either by the manufacturer - I can't find any - or by the owner after suitable modifications.
This would allow it to go 450km/h.

Light quadricycles (L6e) are defined by Framework Directive 2002/24/EC as: "motor vehicles with four wheels whose unladen mass is not more than 350 kg, not including the mass of the batteries in case of electric vehicles, whose maximum design speed is not more than 45 km/h, and:

1. whose engine cylinder capacity does not exceed 50 cm3 for spark (positive) ignition engines, or
2. whose maximum net power output does not exceed 4 kW in the case of other (e.g. diesel fuelled) internal combustion engines, or
3. whose maximum continuous rated power does not exceed 4 kW in the case of an electric motor.

These vehicles shall fulfill the technical requirements applicable to three-wheel mopeds of category L2e unless specified differently in any of the separate directives".[2]

k3lvc

rogerblack wrote: »

This would allow it to go 450km/h.

I want one - where do I sign ? :rotfl::rotfl:

50Twuncle

This one definitely only had three wheels though..
and was Electric (or virtually silent ic engined)

rogerblack

50Twuncle wrote: »

This one definitely only had three wheels though..
and was Electric (or virtually silent ic engined)

Due to the wonders of EU law, quadricycles can have three wheels. (and, indeed two - the category is basically for moped-class vehicles)
I am unsure if motorised unicycles are legal.

And yes, the above was a typo for 45km/h.

benniebert

50Twuncle wrote: »

This one definitely only had three wheels though..
and was Electric (or virtually silent ic engined)

Mobility scooter with a basket on the front, with three wheels, what appeared to be an 80 year old on board wearing a crash helmet going at in excess of 20mph on an A road??


You haven't been at the Polish Spirit again have you?
httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1tbvbv52-
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CwU64Lvb_A

50Twuncle

benniebert wrote: »

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CwU64Lvb_A

Right colour (red)
Wrong number of wheels (three)