WOW. I cannot believe that nobody in Oklahoma knows the rules and laws regarding this. Thanks to the op that posted and did all the research on this but this is still a major issue.
1. Some questions I have is what age do you have to be to drive these?
2. Can I drive them anywhere I would a normal bicycle?
3. What licenses do you need if you are under 18 (My son is 18 and this will be a fun project) or over 18?
4. Do we need to tag it ?
I do not want to break the law or get ticketed so I though (yeah stupid me thinking again) to contact a few places to see what they have to say.
Tag Agency - Tells me that they do not tag those ( Motorized Bicycle) but that they are not street legal either. It's like a "quad-bike". They were not sure though so they referred me to the Police Department
Police Department - No clue but if it has a motor it must be tagged to drive it legally on the road. I explained that the Tag agency don't know anything about tags for this type of bicycle. He asked me if it had head lights, brake lights and turn signals and the answer is no. The did not really know so they referred me to the DPS (Department of public safety as we do not have a DMV so to speak). He also told me that I need to search oklahoma title 47 (
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/index.asp?ftdb=STOKST47&level=1) as that is what they use.
Department of Public Safety (DPS) - No clue. Said that you can ride a bicycle if you're 3 years old so they and that if it's a bicycle even with a motor that the normal bicycle rules will apply, but I need to call the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. They will know.
I guess you get the picture. I can go on and on ... called the police department back and asked them again about it and if they will write me ticket if they see me on the road with this ... no matter who I call, every time I speak to somebody the answers change. The one thing that's clear is that nobody has a clue.
So i'm at a loss at this point in time and cannot find any concrete information to give to the police etc in case I get pulled over as nobody seems to know the answers to my questions. Are there actually people in Oklahoma driving these around on public roads? If not where can we go ride / play with these without getting trouble?