3-wheeler on motorway.
dav...@my-dejanews.com
designed for use by the disabled (but anyone can use), which look
a bit like shrunken robin reliants. They were popular in the 70s
(there always seemed to be a load next to football pitches on match of day),
but you don't see them around much now.
The other day I saw one on the M4 & M32, are they allowed to be
on the motorway, because they are seriously too slow to be so?
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> Can anyone remember those light-blue one-seater 3 wheeler things
> designed for use by the disabled (but anyone can use), which look
> a bit like shrunken robin reliants. They were popular in the 70s
> (there always seemed to be a load next to football pitches on match of
day),
> but you don't see them around much now.
> The other day I saw one on the M4 & M32, are they allowed to be
> on the motorway, because they are seriously too slow to be so?
>
in a Chevette top speed about 75 mph, I lost :-(
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Nick Finnigan
> The other day I saw one on the M4 & M32, are they allowed to be
> on the motorway, because they are seriously too slow to be so?
Highway Code rule 155. Motorways must not be used by
pedestrians, provisional licence holders, riders of
motorcycles under 50cc, cyclists, and horse riders.
Slow-moving vehicles, agricultural vehicles and some
invalid carriages are also prohibited (see page 71)
Page 71 has 'invalid carriages not exceeding 254 kg unladen weight'
This reads like it was drawn up with the fibreglass three-wheelers,
in mind, although I don't know what the unladen mass actually is.
Roland Perry
writes
> Page 71 has 'invalid carriages not exceeding 254 kg unladen weight'
>
> This reads like it was drawn up with the fibreglass three-wheelers,
>in mind, although I don't know what the unladen mass actually is.
You can bet a year's salary it's 253.5 kg!!
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# In article <6okg7q$s3u$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, dav...@my-dejanews.com
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# > The other day I saw one on the M4 & M32, are they allowed to be
# > on the motorway, because they are seriously too slow to be so?
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# Highway Code rule 155. Motorways must not be used by
# pedestrians, provisional licence holders, riders of
# motorcycles under 50cc, cyclists, and horse riders.
# Slow-moving vehicles, agricultural vehicles and some
# invalid carriages are also prohibited (see page 71)
#
# Page 71 has 'invalid carriages not exceeding 254 kg unladen weight'
I seem to remember that the pale blue invalid carriages made by AC were
technically not invalid carriages so are allowed on motorways. I would
have thought they'd be over 254Kg.
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Chris J Dixon
>Can anyone remember those light-blue one-seater 3 wheeler things
>designed for use by the disabled (but anyone can use), which look
>a bit like shrunken robin reliants. They were popular in the 70s
>(there always seemed to be a load next to football pitches on match of day),
>but you don't see them around much now.
>The other day I saw one on the M4 & M32, are they allowed to be
>on the motorway, because they are seriously too slow to be so?
Even more scary, on a busy roundabout, one of the little battery
driven single-seat buggies. It was both slow and quite small to
spot.
Chris
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From: chris...@easynet.co.uk (Chris J Dixon)
Subject: Re: 3-wheeler on motorway.
Colin Barlow
Dixon) wrote:
>dav...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
>>Can anyone remember those light-blue one-seater 3 wheeler things
>>designed for use by the disabled (but anyone can use), which look
>>a bit like shrunken robin reliants. They were popular in the 70s
>>(there always seemed to be a load next to football pitches on match of day),
>>but you don't see them around much now.
>>The other day I saw one on the M4 & M32, are they allowed to be
>>on the motorway, because they are seriously too slow to be so?
>
>Even more scary, on a busy roundabout, one of the little battery
>driven single-seat buggies. It was both slow and quite small to
>spot.
>
>Chris
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JNugent231
>>
>>>Can anyone remember those light-blue one-seater 3 wheeler things
>>>designed for use by the disabled (but anyone can use), which look
>>>a bit like shrunken robin reliants. They were popular in the 70s
>>>(there always seemed to be a load next to football pitches on match of
>day),
>>>but you don't see them around much now.
>>>The other day I saw one on the M4 & M32, are they allowed to be
>>>on the motorway, because they are seriously too slow to be so?
No they are NOT! When we used to have *real* signs at the slip-roads to
motorways, they used to say:
No Pedestrians
No L-Drivers
No Invalid Carriages
No Motorcycles under 50cc
No Pedal Cycles
No Animals
(perhaps not in that order).
BTW, most of the DHSS-owned invalid carriages were withdrawn about 14/15 years
ago. I used to use a garage which had a DHSS contract to repair/overhaul them.
In about 1983, they had dozens there, waiting to be taken away to be scrapped.
These days, the "Motability" scheme lets disabled drivers have access to
(specially-adapted) proper cars.
Steve Collins
>BTW, most of the DHSS-owned invalid carriages were withdrawn about 14/15
years
>ago. I used to use a garage which had a DHSS contract to repair/overhaul
them.
>In about 1983, they had dozens there, waiting to be taken away to be
scrapped.
>These days, the "Motability" scheme lets disabled drivers have access to
>(specially-adapted) proper cars.
If the garage is near Wallington, Surrey, the invalid carriages are still
there! There's a forecourt with about 30 of the things looking forelorn!
"Blame me for anything within - not my employer!"
Pete Lucas
> BTW, most of the DHSS-owned invalid carriages were withdrawn about 14/15 years
> ago. I used to use a garage which had a DHSS contract to repair/overhaul them.
> In about 1983, they had dozens there, waiting to be taken away to be scrapped.
When I was at university [late 70's] me and a couple of friends
acquired one of the little blue invalid-carriages for a fiver - it
had been crashed. We stripped off all the fibreglass bodywork to
make it lighter, and used to drive it up & down the seafront at Borth
at crazy times of night...
ISTR the engine only drove *one* rear wheel, so if you went round
bends one way and the wheel lifted, it would just spin crazily.
//PJML//
Nick Finnigan
>
> ISTR the engine only drove *one* rear wheel, so if you went round
> bends one way and the wheel lifted, it would just spin crazily.
AIUI one wheel drive is necessary for the reduced excise duty
and licence requirements.