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This looks great! Will these be available / street legal in the US?
by c54 6y ago
This looks great! Will these be available / street legal in the US?
- amelius 6y agoForget it. The thing has no crumple zone.
- guenthert 6y agoNeither has a motorcycle. Might make wearing a helmet mandatory though in most states ...
- rbanffy 6y agoA motorcycle has the distinct advantage you don't remain inside it during the collision, but continue on a ballistic trajectory from the point you separate from the vehicle.
- rbanffy 6y agoThe front seats can be mounted on top of a rigid structure that's pushed back in case of a front collision, giving enough crumple space. The lack of side doors make that solution much easier, allowing a rigid sliding cage around the passengers. The anchoring of the cage can be at the middle of the front of the car, pulling it to crumple inwards, absorbing more energy from the impact and building a denser structure in front of the passengers.
- amelius 6y agoThe problem is that if you start pushing on a rigid structure, then this will exert a force on the person in that structure.
- rbanffy 6y agoIt may make deceleration higher but reduces the odds of hitting the inside of the car. But that relies on passengers wearing seatbelts. This may be one of the reasons it requires changes for the US.
- Someone 6y agoA bit to my surprise, https://microlino-car.com/en/support/faq/ist-der-microlino-in-den-usa-zugelassen https://microlino-car.com/en/support/faq/ist-der-microlino-i... says “Due to a different legal situation in the USA, the Microlino US version will have to undergo some design changes” I would guess it would be road legal in the USA, at least in some states, if it were an oldtimer.