Comments on: Canada Doesn’t Heart Low Speed Vehicles (LSVs)

By: Landcrusher

Landcrusher — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:43:07 +0000

Canadian retirees are trapped by their healthcare system which ends when they cross the border. I suspect that the trip insurance that Canadians normally buy would be too expensive for most of them to leave the country for too long.

So, no, they do not export their retirees for too long.

By: Donal Fagan

Donal Fagan — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:16:35 +0000

Around here we have NHDVs, neighborhood horse-drawn vehicles – Amish buggies – and the occasional spectacular accident when a car rear ends one. Just yesterday I saw a black buggy approaching and a minivan closing fast behind it. If I hadn’t swerved to the side, the minivan would probably have hit one of us as it passed without slowing down a whit.

I could see the same things happening with NEVs/LSVs.

By: lprocter1982

lprocter1982 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:07:10 +0000

I think a big reason molasses-in-January cars are unpopular in Canada is because Canada had a crapload of wide open spaces, and we lack a lot of tight urban spaces. We’ve got what, a dozen major cities? The US has that in almost every state. Hell, Los Angeles has the same population as all of Canada.

In any case, grannies already drive slow enough.

By: Mike66Chryslers

Mike66Chryslers — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:56:00 +0000

With such restrictions, which are reasonable given the cars’ limited capabilities, I think the market for these would be rather limited.

For example, my commute to work is only 1/2 hour and I don’t have to take any controlled-access highways, but I still couldn’t legally drive such a car to work because there’s a section of road with a 50mph (80kph) speed limit. Rerouting to avoid this road AND the 25mph top speed would probably double my commuting time.

I could legally drive my moped to work on my normal route, although I don’t think I’d want to. My moped could also outrun this car, I might add. :)

By: Blunozer

Blunozer — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:54:55 +0000

It would be just my luck to get stuck behind one of these things on the open road…

Bad enough Canadian highways are littered with farm tractors, we don’t want LSVs clogging things up too!

By: N85523

N85523 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:45:11 +0000

There are retirement communities in Canada? I thought they outsourced their retirees to Florida and Arizona.

By: AGR

AGR — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:35:39 +0000

It would be simpler if ZENN built a vehicle for normal Canadian roads, that Canadians could use to commute.

Flat out at 60 KPH on Ontario roads is suicidal!