So, I was riding my motorized bike the other day in town in Vermont, obeying all traffic laws when I was stopped by the local cops. I was told that my Motorized Bike needed to be registered, inspected and insured to be used on public roads. It looks like under a 2010 DMV rule that created a new class of vehicles called Motor Driven Cycles (and did away with the old moped definition) that the cop is right.
This is from the Vermont Motorcycle Manual:
“Motor-driven cycles (Includes vehicles previously defined as Mopeds): “Motor-driven cycle” means any vehicle equipped with two or three wheels, a power source providing up to a maximum of two brake horsepower and having a maximum piston or rotor displacement of 50 cubic centimeters if a combustion engine is used, which will propel the vehicle, unassisted, at a speed not to exceed 30 miles per hour on a level road surface, and which is equipped with a power drive system that functions directly or automatically only, not requiring clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged. As motor vehicles, motor-driven cycles shall be subject to the purchase and use tax imposed under chapter 219 of Title 32 rather than to a general sales tax. An electric personal assistive mobility device is not a motor-driven cycle.”
“Do I have a Motorcycle or a Motor-driven cycle?
The vehicle must have a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel with not more than three wheels in contact with the ground.
If all three of the following statements are true, you have a “Motor-driven cycle”. If any of the following statements are NOT true, you have a “Motorcycle”.
1. The vehicle is designed to travel at 30 miles per hour or less on a
level road surface.
2. The vehicle has a combustible engine that is 50ccs or less.
3. The vehicle shifts automatically.”
So, my question is has anyone that rides in Vermont successfully registered and gotten inspected a motorized bicycle? Thanks.
This is from the Vermont Motorcycle Manual:
“Motor-driven cycles (Includes vehicles previously defined as Mopeds): “Motor-driven cycle” means any vehicle equipped with two or three wheels, a power source providing up to a maximum of two brake horsepower and having a maximum piston or rotor displacement of 50 cubic centimeters if a combustion engine is used, which will propel the vehicle, unassisted, at a speed not to exceed 30 miles per hour on a level road surface, and which is equipped with a power drive system that functions directly or automatically only, not requiring clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged. As motor vehicles, motor-driven cycles shall be subject to the purchase and use tax imposed under chapter 219 of Title 32 rather than to a general sales tax. An electric personal assistive mobility device is not a motor-driven cycle.”
“Do I have a Motorcycle or a Motor-driven cycle?
The vehicle must have a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel with not more than three wheels in contact with the ground.
If all three of the following statements are true, you have a “Motor-driven cycle”. If any of the following statements are NOT true, you have a “Motorcycle”.
1. The vehicle is designed to travel at 30 miles per hour or less on a
level road surface.
2. The vehicle has a combustible engine that is 50ccs or less.
3. The vehicle shifts automatically.”
So, my question is has anyone that rides in Vermont successfully registered and gotten inspected a motorized bicycle? Thanks.
Every person riding a bicycle is granted all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to operators of vehicles, except as to those provisions that: