I’m sure there’s something at the state level, found a local ref here. Seems to be one of those laws where it’s illegal if they already wanted a reason to mess with the driver.
Prima facie evidence of unnecessary exhibition of speed shall be squealing or screeching sounds emitted by the tires, or the throwing of dirt by the tires of the vehicle, or both
EVs can accelerate quickly while not making much noise… I guess it’s okay to quickly accelerate with an EV then?
It should be, if not. Pedestrians need to cross roads. Other cars need to enter roads, change lanes, etc. Cars accelerating at unreasonable rates will cause an accident.
Around here they refer to it as ‘unreasonable acceleration’.
What? That’s illegal?
It’s to help prevent people from racing from stoplight to stoplight.
I’m sure there’s something at the state level, found a local ref here. Seems to be one of those laws where it’s illegal if they already wanted a reason to mess with the driver.
https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/aitkin/latest/aitkin_mn/0-0-0-802
EVs can accelerate quickly while not making much noise… I guess it’s okay to quickly accelerate with an EV then?
Yeah, loss of control basically
It should be, if not. Pedestrians need to cross roads. Other cars need to enter roads, change lanes, etc. Cars accelerating at unreasonable rates will cause an accident.
I agree about pedestrians, but cars changing lanes should to be aware of their surroundings, including cars that are approaching them.
How do you define “unreasonable” though, especially with EVs that can accelerate quickly?
Unreasonable gives cops and judges a lot of leeway. Words like that should be illegal. If you can’t pin it down, it can’t be a law.
Unreasonable is any rate of acceleration that other cars can’t safely navigate around and amongst.