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Well, this looks modern/practical. It appears to be some sort of electric car/pod parked on Market Church Street. How dangerous/fun!
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This was there sunday, and it looked to me like a dick and balls here for a Folsom Street monkey spanking
Hey look, goldmember's car from austin powers.
Clearly that's the 100 block of Church St., next to the Safeway and across the street from Blockbuster.
Sigh, apparently I can't even write HTML until I have my coffee. Fixed.
No front license plate!
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d05/vc11713_17.htm
Minus ten points, Griffendoor House.
Looks like a Sparrow electric car. We used to make fun of a guy that commuted to work in one back in 2001. And even with today's gas prices, we'd still make fun of him if he didn't get laid-off.
It's a Myers NMG ("No More Gas").
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Department has one they display at community service functions. It has a fully functional light bar and siren. But no room for a handcuffed arrestee!
No shit, I guess its too far to walk from church and market to 11th and Folsom in buttless chaps.
Oh, and the California DMV issues one (1) motorcycle license plate to these vehicles.
California motor vehicle code specifies that you must display all plates that were issued. If you only get one plate, it goes on the back of the vehicle (just like motorcycles). This vehicle does not require a front license plate.
Not quite, jimH. The code reads:
11713.17. (a) Following the retail sale or lease of a motor vehicle for which the department issues two license plates...
This thing, being legally a motorcycle, is only issued with one plate.
Otherwise, bah to this thing. Bah.
I stand corrected.
So it's a "motorcycle" but you don't need no motosickle license and you don't need to wear a helmet?
I cry foul.
It seems the authoritahs generally go easy on manufacturers who have a "good" intent. Something like the airbag waiver for the ridiculous electric Tesla Roadster.
I don't think I could or would want to fit into that thing. Ugly AND dangerous? Where do I not sign up for that?
Found via Google search (parameters: "california dmv helmet"):
V.C. Section 27803 (Source: California DMV)
(f) This section does not apply to a person operating, or riding as a passenger in, a fully enclosed three-wheeled motor vehicle that is not less than seven feet in length and not less than four feet in width, and has an unladen weight of 900 pounds or more, if the vehicle meets or exceeds all of the requirements of this code, the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, and the rules and regulations adopted by the United States Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
It's neither fish nor fowl.
Burn it!
How about the carpool lane, if it's a motorcycle?
Spoken like someone who hasn't seen the Sparrow -- which have only been in production for 9 years :P
jimH:
It should be fine in the HOV lane. Remember that the HOV lane generally allows for any one-seat vehicle, as by definition, it is fully occupied.
Even in HOV lanes that require 3 or more passengers, usually a two-seater with two people qualifies since it is fully occupied.
Corbin Sparrow
About the laws, it's all correct:
--The vehicle is legally considered a motorcycle.
--It does not need a front license plate.
--Since it is a three wheeled vehicle, the operator does not need a motorcycle or moped license. A class C license is OK.
I haven't seen one of those in a long time. I wonder how good the battery is now.
mmmm...Home. Their Thursday night Fried Chicken special is crazy delicious!
I seen it nine years ago.
I membererd its name as Swallow (srsly) for some odd reason.
But for me, it's a Cushman or nothing.
http://sfist.com/2007/05/11/sfist_photo_et_phone_chiropractor.php
It needs a propeller on top and an ahhhOOOOga horn.
Jamie Farr's nose converted into a hybrid...
Oh god, is it salmon-colored?
that's god's vibrator.
Guys, this is not a Corbin Sparrow.
The "MM" logo (Myers Motors) on the hood is the giveaway. Dana Myers bought the Corbin assets in 2003 after the latter company failed and filed Chapter 7.
It looks just like the penismobile in the video here.
I would ride it.
Geeeeezze....
$30,000.00 for one of those!
http://www.myersmotors.com/im1/p/2008_Window_Sticker.pdf