Wheels.ca: Pedal car meets the law

@feastjapan The police where NOT doing their job here.

The cop was been a complete ass. WTF was he asking the person for a license? There is NO license for a pedal car, any more than there is a license for a pedal driven bicycle, tandem, tricycle or quadricycle. It's NOT a motor vehicle.

First of all. This is NOT a motor vehicle.

I don't know about Canada. But AFAIK such a human powered vehicle here in the UK would be perfectly legal for road use, just as a tandem is.

Its not a motorized so there for he should be fine

OMG, it doesn't matter if it's a 'bicycle" or not. It's dangerous. A bike won't hurt you because it's light. This thing will. Also, it can't possibly have enough brake power (where's the brake booster, huh?). The cops are absolutely right to remove it off the road. Display it in a gallery, but don't endanger other people and their property like this.

It is slow, it is also much lighter than CAR. Accident will probably hurt you much less then on regular bike...

Heck maybe those wheels weight as much as all other components. Brake booster??? Some cars do not have one!!! For example SKODA 100...

I think you only see dimensions of this monstrosity but it is only hollow shell of Car. There is most probably next to nothing normal car need to operate... no motor, no battery(at least no big battery), no transmission(asside of those shimano transmission), no gas tank, no floor no rear glass(only front (which could be of plexiglass) and maybe glass inside doors).

I heard quite clearly hand brake sound. Handbrake is quite strong, it has big lever. It is more than enough to stop something weighting total (with those four passengers) less than 500 kg .

Handbrakes are good for stopping a car from rolling down a slope, but terrible for braking once you're moving. They also work on rear wheels only - again, bad, since a braking vehicle shifts all weight to the front wheels and the back just ends up dragging with little resistance. no matter how you look at it, this thing IS dangerous.

handbrakes operates through drum brakes. And they are quite strong. But I didnt saw that think They could be also mechanicaly operated disk brakes as found on bicycles. You have also to see how long is the wheel base and how is the weight distributed. As I see that It is no significantly different from tandem bike. If something, it safer than tandem bike... you can see this also as double tandem bike ;)

A bicycle on it's own won't hurt you, but a bicycle and rider WILL hurt you if they was to hit you at speed.

All they've got here is human powered quadricycle, made out of a car's body. AFAIK quadricycles are legal the world over, and are NOT dangerous.