The HumanCar LMV Imagine

Great...

I think I saw this on television a while ago they called it....."The Flinstones". Seriously though, the article says that "teamwork" makes the job of steering and driving more "fun". They have obviously never driven with my parents! Does the term "backseat driver" ever have a good connotation? No, because nobody likes to share the task of driving when they are "behind the wheel".

I like to see these explorations because then we can decide what makes sense and what doesn't. Of course, I see a bicycle fufilling my needs in this area quite well. And if we have extra people, we use extra bicycles. But none the less, conversations about alternatives are good. Sometimes portions of ideas eventually get incorporated in mainstream products.

For fifteen grand a copy, I might just want one (in green, of course!) - but a two-seater-plus-cargo model would suit my needs MUCH better.

The cycle has proven to be the most efficient method of transport, both for fuel input/miles travelled, and the materials/energy input during manufacture.

These inventors also seem to have forgotten the child's pedal car, of which thousands were made and enjoyed.

I must admit I lusted after a pedal car, the nearest I got was to "drive" one owned by a friend.

There was also the hand-operated several-person railway trolley, which was driven via a pump-handle style arrangement. My cousin and I took one without permission, got it up to quite a high speed, (his father worked for the railways), then we realised that a train was soon due, so we stopped suddenly, heaved it off the rails, and a few minutes later heard the whistle of the approaching steam engine. Trouble awaited us on our return.....

Kind Regards....