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Sorry, Batman, but this ain't Gotham
By adamg on Fri, 07/28/2017 - 12:59pm
A roving UHub photographer spotted this Batcycle with a fresh Boston parking ticket on Summer Street in Fort Point today.
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If that's the same vehicle I saw cruising near Govt Center
a couple of nights ago, it also has a garish array of flashing, multi-colored LEDs that make it look like neon-lit Times Square on wheels. The driver poked along at about 5mph, waving to all the pedestrians gawking at his WTF spectacle of a three-wheeler. Bizarre.
Well, if ya got it, flaunt it, I guess
I mean you drop some major cash on one of these ...
Polaris Slingshot
Pretty sure these cost less than a new Civic
Are flashing lights allowed
Are flashing lights allowed on a street vehicle, besides official ones like turn signals and yellow warning lights on tow/utility trucks? I'm pretty sure you can't have any blue light on your car.
Is that thing street legal?
It's not a motorcycle, it's not a car...Not sure *what* to call it, other than illegally parked apparently!
Sure is
My mom's boyfriend has one.
Yes, I realize "my mom's boyfriend has a Slingshot" makes me sound like white trash.
White trash. Hmmm. If that
White trash. Hmmm. If that was said about any other color of skin then it would be wrong right?
What to call it?
It's a tricycle, right?
Close
It's called a reverse trike. 2 wheels up front, 1 in the back.
Yep, legal
You have to pass a motorcycle test, but you can do that in a reverse trike. When you do, you get a motorcycle license with a J restriction that limits you to 3-wheeled vehicles only on that license (no testing on this then legally driving a motorcycle basically). If you test on a motorcycle and get an unrestricted motorcycle license, you can drive your reverse trike legally afterwards too.
very legal
Although these are marketed to the Moto community.. Many of these slingshot riders think they are motorcyclists (they are not) and even try to join various moto rides. Sometimes it results in a dust up, like in CT for acharity ride. When these slingshot owners wanted to mingle in with the Bikes and Trikes, the event organizer made them ride in the back for safety reasons. Slingshot-ers were none to pleased.
Batman
Please do something about Boston Common.
Reminds me
of these horrible things they rent out to tourists in San Francisco.
I saw those little tourist cars all over Newport, RI
recently. They seem incredibly unsafe, drivers and passengers riding in them without helmets along fairly busy roads.
And those in SF are
called a Scoot Coop.
Sanibel Island fun also. About 8K
Wish they'd outlaw them
I'm originally from SF and I can't tell you how many times I'd get stuck behind those things when commuting home or running errands on the weekends. They're incredibly unsafe (they're very difficult to see because they sit so low to the ground) and can't get up to reasonable road speed so they back up traffic and make more impatient drivers do dumb things.
Just one nitpick
Nobody "makes impatient drivers do dumb things" but said driver's own impatience.
They don't appear any shorter than a motorcycle
Are they harder to see than a motorcycle? They're about the same height and 5' wider.
Most people in cars don't see motorcycles
It's why I stopped riding them.
The "reverse trikes" are the size of small sports cars, with even less room for groceries and no top when it rains.
If you're talking
about the SF go cars, they're way shorter.
Alternate title
When Batman runs afoul of Barney Fife.
This thing blew by me near
This thing blew by me near Methadone Mile earlier, seems like someones been doing some joy riding.
Is the driver required to
Is the driver required to wear a helmet?
Polaris Slingshot
That is a Polaris Slingshot. Yes, it's a 3-wheeler, which only requires a motorcycle license in MA but licensing requirements for autocycles vary by state. IIRC, the owner lives in East Cambridge and I've never seen it doing anything but trundling along busy city streets at pedestrian speeds.