Lakewood May Close Quadricycles ‘Loophole’
Mayor Michael Summers said that safety is the main reason for concern.
There’s nothing stopping Dominic Latessa from pedaling his quadricycle in Lakewood. For now. Police cited the Lakewood resident for pedaling his four-wheeled, non-motorized “Rhoades Car” on Madison Avenue on Sept. 26, 2012. Lakewood Municipal Court Judge Patrick Carroll recently found him not guilty of riding a “toy vehicle.” Mayor Michael Summers told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the city might need to consider closing a “loophole” in the law. “We’ve got an unregulated activity that could imperil citizens on the vehicle and others around it — particularly in cars,” Summers told Lakewood Patch. “If there are more of these, we could have some serious accidents. This subject is complicated enough that it needs some careful study.” In …
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Renee
5:56 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
I agree they should not be treated differently but I just think they need to be educated on a safe way to go about town. Tractors go with the flow of the traffic and they have lights. I am referring specifically to the mobility chairs. Going against the traffic in the middle of the street is really dangerous, even at a slow pace and that goes for bicycles too. Maybe there could be city sponsored … more ›