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> The Ami is not classified as a motor vehicle. As such, operators do not need a license and can be as young as 14 in France and 16 in other European countries.
by Reedx 7y ago
> The Ami is not classified as a motor vehicle. As such, operators do not need a license and can be as young as 14 in France and 16 in other European countries.
Interesting. How did they get around that classification, and for something that operates on the street?
- gregschlom 7y agoProbably something around max horsepower of the motor.
- walshemj 7y agoFrance has a special low power category for vehicles
- darkwater 7y agoI would say all Europe has the same concept, or at least France, Spain and Italy for sure. For gasoline vehicles they just need to be less then 50cc and max speed less then 50km/h. They've been existing for years.
- jacquesm 7y agoTypically they run on small, very dirty one cylinder diesels.
- de_watcher 7y agoand they are extremely noisy and must be exterminated.
- Symbiote 7y agoAll the EU has more or less the same vehicle categories. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/automotive/vehicle-categories_en https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/automotive/vehicle-categ... (for a start)
- myself248 7y agoWe have them in the US too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Electric_Vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Electric_Vehicle
- eMSF 7y agoI doubt it's not classified as a motor vehicle - it's just not classified as a car, but a light quadricycle (L6e). Similar ICE-powered vehicles are rather popular with younger folks and some of the elderly, at least in countries where a full license is only available at 18. These vehicles are not without drawbacks, though, as they have poor crashworthiness (even in the kind of accidents they may very well get to).
- jacquesm 7y agoThe say way light vehicles for the disabled and the elderly are approved, for instance, Aixam. https://www.aixam.nl/ https://www.aixam.nl/
- AnssiH 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadricycle_(EU_vehicle_classification) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadricycle_(EU_vehicle_classi... It is not driving license free in most countries, though. E.g. in Finland an AM/121 class license is required (above a moped AM/120 but below a motorbike A or regular car B), which you can get at 15 years old.