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And less obvious ones, like https://www.ellenator-gmbh.de/ https://www.ellenator-gmbh.de/ which exists solely to exploit a legal loophole to get something that

by usrusr 6y ago

And less obvious ones, like https://www.ellenator-gmbh.de/ https://www.ellenator-gmbh.de/ which exists solely to exploit a legal loophole to get something that is arguably more dangerous than a car into the hands of people who are not licensed to drive a car.

rjeli 6y ago
same story behind that funny Mr. Bean car
zokier 6y ago
Exploit loophole? L7e class seems very intentional, and the vehicles are pretty much explicitly designed for those?
- indigo945 6y ago
  > Der Ellenator ist der erste PKW, der mit 16 Jahren gefahren > werden darf, da er trotz 4 Räder als „Dreirädriges Fahrzeug“ > Fahrzeugklasse L5e eingestuft ist. > The Ellenator is the first car that may be driven at the age > of 16, because it is classed as a "three-wheeled vehicle" in > vehicle class L5e despite having four wheels. Registering a four-wheeled car according to regulations for three-wheeled cars sounds like exploiting a loophole to me.
- wazoox 6y ago
  It's an ordinary Fiat 500 modified to be qualified as a 3-wheeler. Looks very much like loophole exploitation to me.
Hamuko 6y ago
I've never driven a quadricycle, but I have heard from someone that they are actually harder to drive than an actual car. I think it was mostly due to its transmission. Then there's the fact that they offer pretty much no crash protection and they can be legally operated starting at the age of 15. They are definitely dangerous. There was an incident where an older Mercedes-Benz minivan [1] crashed into a quadricycle [2] in 2017. The 34-year-old man driving the minivan was drunk and suicidal and attempted to kill himself by crashing himself to an oncoming car. The result was that the two 17-year-olds in the quadricycle died immediately and the man got minor injuries. [1] https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/1920/a659907378c54818bbc915ea2c958b75.jpg https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/1920/a659907378c54818bbc915e... [2] https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/1920/2965ca321c7a47758ca5a81ff8406b1c.jpg https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/1920/2965ca321c7a47758ca5a81...
rahimnathwani 6y ago
Article in English about the modifications and motivation: https://jalopnik.com/theres-actually-a-decent-reason-why-germans-will-spend-1794673235 https://jalopnik.com/theres-actually-a-decent-reason-why-ger...

by usrusr 6y ago

rjeli 6y ago

same story behind that funny Mr. Bean car

zokier 6y ago

Exploit loophole? L7e class seems very intentional, and the vehicles are pretty much explicitly designed for those?

indigo945 6y ago
> Der Ellenator ist der erste PKW, der mit 16 Jahren gefahren > werden darf, da er trotz 4 Räder als „Dreirädriges Fahrzeug“ > Fahrzeugklasse L5e eingestuft ist. > The Ellenator is the first car that may be driven at the age > of 16, because it is classed as a "three-wheeled vehicle" in > vehicle class L5e despite having four wheels. Registering a four-wheeled car according to regulations for three-wheeled cars sounds like exploiting a loophole to me.
wazoox 6y ago
It's an ordinary Fiat 500 modified to be qualified as a 3-wheeler. Looks very much like loophole exploitation to me.

Hamuko 6y ago

I've never driven a quadricycle, but I have heard from someone that they are actually harder to drive than an actual car. I think it was mostly due to its transmission. Then there's the fact that they offer pretty much no crash protection and they can be legally operated starting at the age of 15. They are definitely dangerous. There was an incident where an older Mercedes-Benz minivan [1] crashed into a quadricycle [2] in 2017. The 34-year-old man driving the minivan was drunk and suicidal and attempted to kill himself by crashing himself to an oncoming car. The result was that the two 17-year-olds in the quadricycle died immediately and the man got minor injuries. [1] https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/1920/a659907378c54818bbc915ea2c958b75.jpg https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/1920/a659907378c54818bbc915e... [2] https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/1920/2965ca321c7a47758ca5a81ff8406b1c.jpg https://is.mediadelivery.fi/img/1920/2965ca321c7a47758ca5a81...

rahimnathwani 6y ago

Article in English about the modifications and motivation: https://jalopnik.com/theres-actually-a-decent-reason-why-germans-will-spend-1794673235 https://jalopnik.com/theres-actually-a-decent-reason-why-ger...