Over the last year or more I have read articles about the “Problems with mopeds.” I don’t know if our politicians (and news people) cannot read or just don’t care to. Google “Moped law in Indiana” and much information is available. One of our problems in this country is non-enforcement of existing laws, then making a new law that gets piled on top of the old one. The new law probably won’t be enforced either after a period of time.
Indiana law on mopeds states:
• If the vehicle has more than 2 horse power,
• If the vehicle has more than a 49.9cc engine capacity,
• If the vehicle will travel more than 25 miles per hour on flat level ground,
• If the vehicle has a manual transmission,
Then it is a motorcycle and must be licensed, insured and ridden only by a properly licensed driver.
Moped operators must be at least 15 years old, and must possess a Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) issued license or identification card.
Everyone under the age of 18 is required to wear a helmet and eye protection while riding on a moped.
If any of the above rules are broken and rider stopped, Indiana law states the vehicle is to be impounded until it is plated, insured and picked up by a properly licensed driver.
I don’t see this is that hard to understand.
Why do the Goshen police not enforce this law? I have seen many scooters with engine capacities of 125 to 250cc and more on the road without plates and often clock them myself at well over the 25 miles per hour limit, all of which means they are a motorcycle and must be licensed and insured and ridden only by a properly licensed driver.
Let’s just enforce the law we now have.
— Keith Hoffman
Goshen
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