I don't like this idea. This "trike" is far too large to be allowed to ride in bike lanes. I'm fine with people using it, but it should NOT have the same laws as a traditional small bike/trike. Bike lanes are wide enough so that a biker can move back and forth within it. This vehicle is as wide as the bike lane.

What they've essentially made is extremely lightweight, electrically powered cars. What's the difference between this vehicle and a light car? Built on a frame, with an electric/gas powered motor, with a fully enclosed body with lights included. It's virtually a step away from putting a dynamo on more than one wheel and adding a radio/other amenities and just making it a lightweight car. It's only a few more HP away from being a Reliant Robin.

If you give this thing enough power to be able to keep up with a normal bike, then you're in moped territory. If you give it enough power to be able to ride the speed limit on city streets, you're in motorcycle territory.

These aren't bikes/recumbent bikes. They're vehicles, like golf carts, and should be treated as such.

Again, let me make this clear. I have no problem with people USING these, but only if they have laws specific to them. Like golf carts, they should not be allowed to ride in bike lanes, and they should not be allowed to ride on MUPs.

There has to be a line drawn somewhere. People can't just make small vehicles and say "well it's a bike so it should have the same laws." In this case the line is very, very thin, especially between this and a traditional recumbent bike, but it needs to be drawn regardless. If it's large enough to need mirrors, it doesn't belong on bike specific utilities.