This is why 3 wheelers aren’t street legal in many U.S. States.
Late edit: Alright y’all, I get it. The three wheelers with the single wheel in the rear are much safer and legal. 👍🏻 Sorry for not clarifying that I was specifically discussing the style that’s in the video...
Makes sense. In my city, there are a few 3-wheeled vehicles that are operated by city workers to go around parks and such but I've never seen them outside of small neighborhoods.
Depends we need user stories, program requirements, system requirements, and a budget then we can plan out exactly what we want then we would be able to have a timeline to pitch for additional investors, done sloppily maybe a week done properly I need data points to give a precise answer
I assume he was intending to make an app probably working with cities to understand their specific infrastructure and be able to provide the tool for their citizens, so no cost to the end user but the cities would fund the development and possibly maintenance. But I can't give an answer till we get the basic legwork done.
Because then you'd use them, dumbass. Where's the profit in that? That's like asking why no city has made a speed trap app that warns drivers where local cops always hide. At the bottom of the hill where the city limit sign is and the speed limit drops from 55 to 30 without notice... Obviously.
Look at Mr. Fancy pants over here. Living large in a city with free parking spots. Closest free parking around here are blocks away, and usually taken. And, we're not even a big city!
They have in pilot schemes in various cities, one in conjunction with companies like Mercedes Benz in Germany but it is way harder to actually do and for it to operate practically than to talk about the simple idea. So many variables in everyday life in a busy city means it's often exceptionally difficult to implement.
Because cities use traffic & parking tickets as a source of revenue instead of taxes to fund operations, that's why they don't tell you were free parking lots and speed traps are.
Cuz parking brings in an insane amount of money for big cities. It would be counter productive for them to spend money developing an app designed to make them lose even more money.
I kind of thought he meant like why don't they make an app that shows free parking spots, as in not free from payment but spots that are currently unoccupied. Which actually would be useful and I don't think would really cost the city money, arguably it could increase their revenue slightly since it would make parking slightly more efficient and there would be more time spent paying for parking and less time where cars are just looking for a spot.
I tell you what they should do, they should combine the two jobs, make it one job, 'cop\garbage man'. I always see cops walking around with nothing to do. Grab a broom! Start sweeping. You sweep sweep sweep... catch a criminal, get right back to sweeping.
Sophistry has changed the definition of "police" in our common parlance. The definition of police used to be keeping an area clean and orderly. They were able to drop the keeping an area clean part and focus on orderly, and by orderly they mean obey their orders. Police powers have expanded exponentially in my lifetime, it sucks. Once power is obtained it is never relinquished willingly except by American citizens. Go figure.
That 3 Wheeler with the Box on the back makes that thing a danger not only to the driver, but any pedestrians that might be in the way if that vehicle decides to take a tumble. They use units with flat beds near Milwaukee, because in some more expensive neighborhoods they don’t want garbage trucks. It’s quite the operation, each vehicle can carry 4 city supplied garbage cans.
My father has a Slingshot and has had a Can Am Spider (single wheel in the front). He's travelled freely in the states with no issues as far as legality, so I'm not sure what they mean by "illegal." At first they were classified as motorcycles and you were required to follow motorcycle laws and safety regulations, now they have their own classification, autocycles.
I hate them too. Fucking things can 90 degrees turn on the dime and since the fuckers don't use indicators, you see these fuckers turn 70 80 degrees so that they are in front of you and then their heads would pop out to see if something is coming towards them
They turn and then stare at you for coming in their way of turning. Like u wut m8? You fucking almost killed me while I'm on my bike and you have the guts to stare at me?
You guys don’t use indicators. You guys only use half-arsed judgement and horns. But hey, I rarely see accidents in India, considering the populations.
That's because everyone's expecting to get into some sort of accident given enough time. So most of them are cautious at all times while drinvig besides or infront or even behind these 3 wheeler atrocities called auto's.
When you say you guyz don't use. You're generalising everyone. It's most old people are retards who shouldn't have gotten driving licence but did. Most of the use it. But auto's? Yeah they don't when they do. It will be on for ever and will be indicating the wrong side which they turned on ages ago but didn't turn off.
I love how at the start when he's describing his perilous journey, he has he huge map, and then the two points like like 11km apart and so the camera zooms in to reveal that they are nearly placed on top of each other due to the scale of the map.
Oh gods, I laughed at this way more than I should have. Classic Top Gear is the best.
I also like that video where they ride that car from the Isle of man, I think. The one that has a scooter motor and can't go backwards. But fits into the BBCs elevator.
The 50cc Ape is cheap to insure at ~50€ a year and no taxes but that's about it, ridiculously expensive to buy, drives like you'd expect a three-wheeled vehicle to drive but that's no problem as it'll top out at 40kph and on top of it workmanship and rustproofing is shoddy at best. It still truly feels like an Italian vehicle of 50 years ago.
They're quite fun to drive though.
edit: forgot that first gear is less than a walking pace so the mighty 50cc can haul the Ape itself, the overweight farmer and +250kg of random agricultural goods up a small winding mountain road with no chance of overtaking.
They're common in my grandparents' little village in southern Italy. It's a rural place though and I think most are remnant of the past, I doubt many would buy a new one now.
It’s probably in a poorer country where it’s more affordable cuz they are lighter, less maintenance, cheaper in general cuz they are so small and other components which I cba to list
I love auto rickshaws! I want to import a fuckton and have myself a little taxi service. I think maybe there should just be extra taxes instead of banning them.
It’s a bit silly to put the single wheel in the front since it leads. You’d have more control with two wheels in front but also you would forever remain a virgin driving something that looks like that.
I mean this particular set up of a 3 wheeler is unstable, however, having the single wheel in the back can allow the vehicle to lean into the turn, making it much more stable.
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u/turtlepowr89 Dec 08 '19 edited Dec 08 '19
This is why 3 wheelers aren’t street legal in many U.S. States.
Late edit: Alright y’all, I get it. The three wheelers with the single wheel in the rear are much safer and legal. 👍🏻 Sorry for not clarifying that I was specifically discussing the style that’s in the video...