The DMV is a Federal Agency of the Department of Transportation, if you're doing business with the DMV you're already doing business with the DOT.
That's not a grey area in any state.
Not CalTrans, the United States Department Of Transportation
https://www.transportation.gov/bicycles-pedestrians
In certain States, many have County based facilities with which to register the Bicycle with the Department of the State in the case of any necessary registration to the individual to insure, for example as in Renters Insurance.
In California, the State is willing to ADAPT the DMV Registration Process to ACCOMMODATE MOTORIZED BICYCLES.
I know motorized bicycles, do you think ALL of them should be registered with the DOT? The DOT isn't asking that they be registered nationwide. However from California, with enough petitions, there could be an acceptance of it which would give us INSURANCE, and once that's mandated and law then we'll all have to get our licenses and register our motorized bicycles. Not gonna be enforced unless the insurance is enforced and that's gonna be a federal decision to affect the DOT before the State police are going to enforce it.
That being said, it is exempt from Registration - yes it can be Registered very easily and that record is there in the Federal DOT records...
As more riders get on with the sport, the legislation will advance yet again until you see Red States enforcing State issued license plates on them. 74MPG is worth every bit of additional maintenance, I like to believe everybody is a manufacturer exempt from licensing. However, that isn't always the case, many manufacturers have tried to make a model that has fewer necessary service hours but its too expensive then the bike becomes an expensive motor driven cycle, outside of our products' legislation...
Most State officers are on Highways between situations, and Motorized Bicycles aren't on Highways/Interstates, but if you WERE, LETS JUST SAY YOU ARE SUCH A GREAT MANUFACTURER YOUR BIKE BICYCLE 51CC IS GOING TO TRAVEL THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE INTERSTATE AND NOT BREAK DOWN TRAVELING THE SPEEDLIMIT 70MPH WITH SAFE BRAKES AND FMVSS GEAR, then in CALIFORNIA you need a LICENSE PLATE and INSURANCE, even though it's not a law you'd get a ticket for one and have to fight it in court to prove that its an INSURABLE enough bicycle and your manufacturing is SO GREAT THAT ITS SAFE ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY to get going the speed limit.
I'm not scared to jump on a 35MPH street and just get to where I'm going like anybody else driving a bicycle, and I'm going to register it with the DOT because I intend to manufacture a bike with a SBP jackshaft kit so that I can upgrade it to a Motor Driven Cycle and take it on the Interstate, I have this multi kit design that is going to rip two motors with 2 <25t driven sprockets and electric front wheels which is going to need insurance because when I cook it at 90 miles an hour I'm going to wreck hard and they are going to need to identify me by my license plate or Serial Number on the frame to give me medical attention and aquire my medical records despite being potentially in a coma, that is the purpose of the laws, to regulate wild and crazy motherf***ers who will push the limit way further than you push it in your Neighborhood ride.
It's a State law, that's State police enforcing laws on State Highways - why don't they see Motorized Bicycles? They can only go the neighborhood speed limit of 35mph and can't keep up on the State Highway. Even Motor Driven Cycles have a hard time operating on the highway. But a builder COULD USE THESE LAWS, MANUFACTURE A BICYCLE THAT HAS ALL THE FMVSS GEAR AND REGISTER IT AS A MOTORIZED BICYCLE AND IT WILL TRAVEL DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT THE SPEED LIMIT JUST FINE AND POLICE WILL JUST GIVE YOU MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLE RESPECT, But you have to have built a bicycle that meets the class qualifications as a Motor Driven Cycle to even travel fast enough to see a State officer, no bicycle kit is going to actually qualify to hop on the freeway. BUT sh*t IF IT HAPPENS AND YOU ARE SUPERMAN BUILDER YOU BETTER HAVE A LICENSE PLATE AND A CLEAN DRIVING RECORD BECAUSE THAT'S AN ATTENTION GETTER. You know cops are running your plate saying Whos That, because I'll be honest I can barely go up a hill without losing 15 miles an hour like any bicycle, if you build the worlds greatest build out of a cheap china kit that can keep up on the freeway and have super low maintenance requirements you won the major manufacturing contract!
But basically to get FREEWAY ACCESS (AKA INTERSTATE AKA HIGHWAY), you have to start with a build you can PEDAL 74MPH, that will also operate inside the city streets inside motorized bicycle legislations... because you still gotta get over hills and drive a motorized bicycle like what it is, be able to pull over and stop and get right back going again like ZER0 PR0BLEMS 0FFICER.
Some people are from out of state, and plenty of people are building them in the poverished communities, which certainly sways the indifference as to what the purpose and intention of the driver is, are they SELLING ILLEGAL DRUGS ON IT, are they under FEDERAL SURVEILLANCE, do they MEET THE DESCRIPTION OF A SUSPECT, were they OPERATING IN AN UNSAFE MANNER, there's a situation behind every situation, are they BUYING GROCERIES, or are they HAVE NO LIGHTS.
The point is, I think I designed THE ULTIMATE KIT, out of 4 kits.
Fastest designs ever. Inframe "Taxi" Motor, for driving neighborhood 40mph speeds, Rear Mount SBP Shift Kit driving a <25t single speed sprocket on 29" wheels, Front wheel 36vHub Motor and External Electric ChainDriven Motor, speeds should be able to reach 74mph on a freeway, and if I can source a way to get a faster pedal speed, the overall performance will really hit around 50-60mph.
Do you need a license and license plate?
What did you just build?
Should you alert the authorities?
State DOT
The Department of Transportation, or DOT, may go by different names, such as Caltrans in California, but its role is generally the same from state to state. The DOT deals with transportation and mobility on a state wide basis, but this doesn't just mean local roads and highways. Depending on the state, the DOT's range of responsibility can include the coordination, planning, construction and administration of your state's mass transit systems, such as buses and light rail, and railway transportation for both passengers and material shipments. The DOT maintains these transportation systems, builds highways and roads, and maintains the equipment used on them. The DOT's main concern is of the timely operation and safety of these roads and methods of transportation rather than the individuals that use them.
To this end, the DOT collects a variety of data regarding the methods of travel as well as numbers and frequency of accidents during their use, in order to better determine various laws and regulations such as speed limits and ways to alleviate traffic congestion.
State DMV
DMV stands for Department of Motor Vehicles, and just as the name states, their concern lies with motor vehicles such as cars, trucks and motorcycles. The individual name of the agency may vary depending on the state. Some common names include the BMV, or bureau of motor vehicles, in places like Ohio, or the Motor Vehicle Department, in Arizona. The DMV is a division of the DOT, and deals with licensing, vehicle registration and operator certification of drivers both private and commercial that use cars and trucks on public roads. The DMV is where you go for your driver's license test, where you pay for your car's registration fees, and where you get your license plate and emissions testing done. Rather than infrastructure and physical design, the DMV deals with the people operating the vehicles found on public roads, as well as the vehicles themselves, ensuring that they are all qualified to operate on public roads safely. To this end, the DMV keeps detailed logs of driving records and vehicle titling, and holds the power to revoke or reinstate driving privileges as it deems necessary.
United States DOT
https://www.transportation.gov/bicycles-pedestrians
