captain_70s
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The only thing I can think of that is quite as unsafe or similar to a G-Wiz is that weird "Invicar" they made in the 60s for disabled people.
However:
I'd be interested to know just how much safer the G-Wiz is given that a 40mph will probably kill you in both of them... The seatbelt would have been useless as it's clear the whole car has snapped in half, not wearing it because it would crumple clothes merely shows the drivers stupidity/complete inability to have a sense of priority.
Even on a motorcycle (even disregarding the added maneuverability) you have a greater chance of surviving if flung off the cycle than being stuck in the death trap of a G-Wiz. I find it hard to believe that people choose to buy and drive them, considering you'd be safer in pretty much any small car from the 1950s onwards or even on a motorcycle...
However I don't think it should be banned, if people choose to drive a obnoxiously unsafe vehicle then fine, but should they be killed or injured while driving it when a normal vehicle would have been safe let it be known it was their choice and they ultimately caused their own death.
However:
Hell, at least it had a purpose, to provide mobility to the disabled and wasn't just some pointless eco-mentalist crap.On 31 March 2003 it became illegal to drive an Invacar on British roads. The veteran vehicle could not stand up to modern day government regulations requiring approval under the Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval Scheme as part of a standard set by the European Union. There were still around 200 Invacars in Britain prior to the 2003 recall and scrapping program. Hundreds of stockpiled Invacars in government warehouses were scrapped along with all their spare parts. Examples survive in the hands of private owners and museums in Britain and abroad.
I'd be interested to know just how much safer the G-Wiz is given that a 40mph will probably kill you in both of them... The seatbelt would have been useless as it's clear the whole car has snapped in half, not wearing it because it would crumple clothes merely shows the drivers stupidity/complete inability to have a sense of priority.
Even on a motorcycle (even disregarding the added maneuverability) you have a greater chance of surviving if flung off the cycle than being stuck in the death trap of a G-Wiz. I find it hard to believe that people choose to buy and drive them, considering you'd be safer in pretty much any small car from the 1950s onwards or even on a motorcycle...
However I don't think it should be banned, if people choose to drive a obnoxiously unsafe vehicle then fine, but should they be killed or injured while driving it when a normal vehicle would have been safe let it be known it was their choice and they ultimately caused their own death.