[Misc] Prone Bikes

[Braggfan]

Yesterday I saw someone riding what looked like an electric prone bike. I say bike but it wasn't really, the guy was lying flat on this frame that was about knee high off the ground. There were no pedals, like I say it was electric. The crazy thing was the guy was riding/driving this thing on the road. He was so close to the ground it looked so dangerous. In fact if he was directly in front of your car, I'm not convinced you'd actually be able to see him.
Is this sort of bike/vehicle legal on the roads?

 

[GT49er]

Yesterday I saw someone riding what looked like an electric prone bike. I say bike but it wasn't really, the guy was lying flat on this frame that was about knee high off the ground. There were no pedals, like I say it was electric. The crazy thing was the guy was riding/driving this thing on the road. He was so close to the ground it looked so dangerous. In fact if he was directly in front of your car, I'm not convinced you'd actually be able to see him.
Is this sort of bike/vehicle legal on the roads?

Well, if Sinclair C5s were legal ............................

 

[Bozza]

Are you sure it wasn't a skateboard?

 

[Braggfan]

It looked very similar to that.

 

[Is it PotG?]

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It looked very similar to that.

Any video of going over speed bumps?

 

[WATFORD zero]

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It looked very similar to that.

Well the Darwin awards have to go somewhere

 

[Springal]

Well, if Sinclair C5s were legal ............................

Not helping the reputation of Worthing but there’s a chap that still uses one along the Prom

 

[Wellesley]

Well, if Sinclair C5s were legal ............................

They had to have a long wire with a flag when in road use. As a young teen I was very excited because the legal age for road use was 14. Surprising they didn't become more popular.

 

[GT49er]

They had to have a long wire with a flag when in road use. As a young teen I was very excited because the legal age for road use was 14. Surprising they didn't become more popular.

I imagine most parents would have flatly refused to let their 14 year have one of them to go and play on the A27!

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

A pedant may write:

A trike has three wheels, a bike, only two.