Reminds me of the old Robin Reliant; I believe the 3-wheelers were exempt from licensing in the UK, or counted as "motorcycles". Some manufacturers have attempted to do the same with electric vehicles such as the Renault Twizy.
(The French insistence on maintaining rural life exactly unchanged is charming - most of the time)
Is it easier to get motorcycle license than a car license over there? In the States you must have your normal car/truck driver's license before you can get a motorcycle license. Or at least, this is the case in the three states I know well.
Varies by country, but per the article France will let you drive one of the "VSP"s without any pre-requisites, and even if you've lost your car license due to drink driving.
The UK used to let you drive a moped on a provisional license, but nowadays it requires compulsory training. Effectively they are two separate licenses you can learn either before the other.
I think you need the AM license but strangely only for people born after 1987. Still a joke compared to a regular B license. And a court order can if specified forbid you to drive these too.
You technically need a BSR, which you usually do in middle school, so it’s not “without training”.
Getting a driving license in France is actually hard, requires 20h of lessons, and has a 50% failure rate. If you compare that to a driving test in the US which is super easy and impossible to fail.
Getting a driving license in France is actually hard, requires 20h of lessons, and has a 50% failure rate. If you compare that to a driving test in the US which is super easy and impossible to fail.
This varies by state, and by age, because Federalism.
E.g. in Oregon teenagers need 100 hours of supervised driving (e.g. with a parent) behind the wheel, or 50 hours supervised driving plus an approved drivers education course. That course has 30 hours of classroom instruction and 5 hours of driving instruction with a professional.
Not sure if it’s like this in all states but in Georgia people with a questionable drivers license status have been buying scooters. If the scooter’s engine is under a certain CC and can only go like 30/35mph you won’t get pulled over. People with DUIs, crazy driving records, and whatever other issues are driving them. In most situations it impedes traffic and causes some dangerous situations on main roads.
I have no idea what the law about this is in Netherland. We do have these kind of little cars for people with disabilities, but sometimes I wonder if they are the only people using these. No idea what kind of license or other requirements there are, though.
Kids can ride scooters from age 14 here, and I do believe (some of?) these mini cars fall under similar rules. On the other hand, police are pretty strict on scooters and proper registration as far as I know.
That is not "France" (typically or only), it is an EU wide thing with only a few little differences between countries, they are "quadricycles" that can be either L6E or L7E, depending on weight and max speed/power:
The article above has only a few country specific entries, though.
In France only people born before 1988 can actually drive a L6E vehicle "without license", people born later need some form of certificate (not an actual "full" driving license, still there is a throey and practice requirement) see (Axiam is one of the "big" producers of these vehicles):
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https://www.justlanded.com/english/France/Articles/Travel-Le... : "From the age of 14, children can ride a moped with an engine capacity below 50cc capable of a maximum speed of 45kph" (!)
The UK used to let you drive a moped on a provisional license, but nowadays it requires compulsory training. Effectively they are two separate licenses you can learn either before the other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence#Categ...
Clearly, a 3 wheeled vehicle needs 2 wheels in front, not the other way around.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8
I think there's an even longer version around, but this one makes the point!
1. I completely believe that the French think that somebody should be able to drive without any training
2. This is not a compliment, and something really needs to be done to manage drivers and traffic better in France.
It’s interesting to compare their accident rates with the UK, a similarly sized and developed country.
Getting a driving license in France is actually hard, requires 20h of lessons, and has a 50% failure rate. If you compare that to a driving test in the US which is super easy and impossible to fail.
This varies by state, and by age, because Federalism.
E.g. in Oregon teenagers need 100 hours of supervised driving (e.g. with a parent) behind the wheel, or 50 hours supervised driving plus an approved drivers education course. That course has 30 hours of classroom instruction and 5 hours of driving instruction with a professional.
Kids can ride scooters from age 14 here, and I do believe (some of?) these mini cars fall under similar rules. On the other hand, police are pretty strict on scooters and proper registration as far as I know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadricycle_(EU_vehicle_classi...
The article above has only a few country specific entries, though.
In France only people born before 1988 can actually drive a L6E vehicle "without license", people born later need some form of certificate (not an actual "full" driving license, still there is a throey and practice requirement) see (Axiam is one of the "big" producers of these vehicles):
https://www.aixam.com/en/legislation
A good visualization of the EU classification for these vehicles is on page 10 of this .pdf:
http://eu-live.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/EU-LIVE_D_4.3_L...