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These three-wheeled vehicles always make me think the same thing, "all the risk of a motorcycle, with none of the fun." They don't exactly have good cargo space
by geddy 6y ago
These three-wheeled vehicles always make me think the same thing, "all the risk of a motorcycle, with none of the fun." They don't exactly have good cargo space, so storage isn't the focus - is the whole point space savings and fuel efficiency?
A novel idea, I guess it comes down to price in this case.
EDIT: I say "fuel efficiency" referring to the fact that there are gasoline-fueled versions of this same type of vehicle. I realize the Solo is battery powered.
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- michaelt 6y agoIf you can't lean into corners, can't split lanes, can't exceed 80mph, can't do wheelies, can't make it fall over, and can't go over the handlebars in a crash, I strongly suspect this will have better safety statistics than a motorcycle.
- sudosysgen 6y agoLeaning into corners is a good safety feature of motorcycles compared to tricycles. It makes motorcycles much more stable.
- tomtheelder 6y agoI think their point was that leaning allows you to corner at high speeds, and that not being able to do so would discourage dangerous driving behavior. I'm not sure I agree with that, but there is some logic that to thinking that a larger, slower, clunkier vehicle might lead to fewer fatal accidents.
- sudosysgen 6y agoBut... it doesn't make sense. Sure, maybe a faster vehicle can indeed be more dangerous, but I see no reason why a vehicle that can turn better would be more dangerous. A vehicle that can take the same corner at higher speeds can also take more difficult corners at lower speeds and is a lot more forgiving.
- spacemark 6y agoThis is the comment of someone that knows very little about motorcycles. Half the things you mention are not negatives, but positives.
- NullPrefix 6y agoYeah, but showing off aholes perform them a lot, so we need to ban those moves.
- geddy 6y agoI've ridden a motorcycle for years, seen countless riders, and yet never once have I seen a single person ride down the highway at 300mph with the front wheel at 12 o'clock like (apparently) everyone else in the world. People really seem to hate motorcyclists because "oh I saw one time on Facebook in some video where a guy wheelied his bike" blah blah blah. All those events are, are anecdotes. Bikes a) take up less space, b) don't cause traffic jams, c) are only more unsafe than cars because of people in cars not paying attention. Funnily enough, bad behavior on a bike is regarded as 10x worse than bad behavior in a car, despite the fact that a distracted driver in a car can easily cause 10x the damage, and that no one on a motorcycle is scrolling through their Instagram feed while riding. Let's be realistic - more people are distracted in cars than on motorcycles because you need all of your limbs to operate a bike. You say you've seen someone pulling a wheelie and it "needs to be banned" (it already is illegal, so I don't know what your plan is here), well I have seen easily hundreds of distracted drivers of cars who can actually end my life because of their actions. No one in a car is going to get killed by a motorcycle, but the exact opposite happens all the time.
- NullPrefix 6y agoMy post was pure sarcasm
- geddy 6y agoDamn. Totally missed that, and in hindsight it's now obvious. Don't I feel like a dope :(
- labcomputer 6y agoI suspect the whole point is to create a vehicle that looks and feels like a car without the mandate to comply with car safety standards.