Sinclair C5
Seen in Southport.
There are plenty of electric cars on the road nowadays and the Sinclair C5 was a bold early attempt at something or other. This fella is clearly driving (or is it riding) on the pavement but it always seemed like a bizarre and lethal concept for actual road use. Strange as it may seem, I always think that LOTS of power is safe - i.e. the ability to accelerate out of danger and (not many agree with this) on a motorcycle it's possible to manoeuvre out of the way quickly and jump off the vehicle if need be, whereas it's possible to get trapped in a car. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying motorcycles are super safe (as I should know!).
In a nutshell the chance of me piloting one of these things down a public highway is somewhere close to zero (erm...with hindsight, it is actually zero). Sir Clive was a genius, but this is / was a stupid concept.
Part of my "Three Wheels On My Wagon" Flickr album - dedicated to things that have less than four wheels - but more than two :-)
The Wikipedia page makes interesting reading…but not in a good way.
Sinclair C5
Seen in Southport.
There are plenty of electric cars on the road nowadays and the Sinclair C5 was a bold early attempt at something or other. This fella is clearly driving (or is it riding) on the pavement but it always seemed like a bizarre and lethal concept for actual road use. Strange as it may seem, I always think that LOTS of power is safe - i.e. the ability to accelerate out of danger and (not many agree with this) on a motorcycle it's possible to manoeuvre out of the way quickly and jump off the vehicle if need be, whereas it's possible to get trapped in a car. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying motorcycles are super safe (as I should know!).
In a nutshell the chance of me piloting one of these things down a public highway is somewhere close to zero (erm...with hindsight, it is actually zero). Sir Clive was a genius, but this is / was a stupid concept.
Part of my "Three Wheels On My Wagon" Flickr album - dedicated to things that have less than four wheels - but more than two :-)
The Wikipedia page makes interesting reading…but not in a good way.