http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/20451602
As of next year, this car will be legal for 16 year olds to drive on the road with a moped license.
Personally I think its a stupid idea:
1) Who in their right mind would pay £9,999 (plus insurance!) for a years use of something which isn't even a car?
2) Its downright dangerous. With a max speed of 28mph, unlike Mopeds, it looks like a normal car, so other road users will expect it to have the performance of a normal car, when pulling out of junctions etc. They're going to lack the power to pull out of T junctions and get up to speed, (along with the fact that they can't get up to speed!!).
3) Its going to lead to serious road rage, imagine getting stuck behind that for a 10 mile stretch of single carriage A road? At least with a moped, they take up about as much room on a carriage as a push cycle so are relatively easy to overtake and its not so risky. With this, people will get frustrated and take more risks to try and get past.
4) A Moped license is not sufficient for letting someone loose on the road with a machine which, although it can only do 28mph, it'll weigh nearly a ton and that can still do serious damage.
As of next year, this car will be legal for 16 year olds to drive on the road with a moped license.
Personally I think its a stupid idea:
1) Who in their right mind would pay £9,999 (plus insurance!) for a years use of something which isn't even a car?
2) Its downright dangerous. With a max speed of 28mph, unlike Mopeds, it looks like a normal car, so other road users will expect it to have the performance of a normal car, when pulling out of junctions etc. They're going to lack the power to pull out of T junctions and get up to speed, (along with the fact that they can't get up to speed!!).
3) Its going to lead to serious road rage, imagine getting stuck behind that for a 10 mile stretch of single carriage A road? At least with a moped, they take up about as much room on a carriage as a push cycle so are relatively easy to overtake and its not so risky. With this, people will get frustrated and take more risks to try and get past.
4) A Moped license is not sufficient for letting someone loose on the road with a machine which, although it can only do 28mph, it'll weigh nearly a ton and that can still do serious damage.