Interstate highways (motorways, in UK terms) in the eastern USA often ban
motor-driven cycles, bicycles, and other low-speed traffic. Mopeds are
required to have a governor that limits them to a top speed of 25 miles per
hour. In return, they don't require a driver's license to operate.
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On December 2, 2015 3:33:15 AM Simon Poole <[email protected]> wrote:
Well ... the definitions are very fuzzy (this is just so that you are
aware that there is potential for conflict): mopeds* are in general just
low displacement motorcycles, historically with pedals , but that is
typically no longer a legal requirement. For example there are scooters
that fall in this class. Mofas on the other hand, where the class
exists, typically have a requirement for pedals (adding pedelecs in to
the mix just makes things more complicated so leaving that away for now).
Obviously a moped without pedals is fairly dead when the motor isn't
running :-)
Simon
* just to confuse things in Germany it is colloquially quite common to
refer to any motorcycle as "moped" (even my 1300cc beemer)
Am 02.12.2015 um 10:13 schrieb Paul Johnson:
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Simon Poole <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I've changed the relevant tags to moped=no. Any opinion on if
mopeds would be included in "motor vehicles"? I don't think I've
ever seen a mofa in the states (I find people on Vespas in the
states already fairly brave) but what about pedelecs and similar?
A moped would qualify as both a motor vehicle and a bicycle, which it
is (and whether or not it can use bicycle lanes and cycleways) is
determined by whether or not the motor is running.
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