Father and daughter with matching helmets. Heading home after a visit to the grocery store at the shopping center in Västerhaninge. Lots of accidents with these 4 wheelers in Sweden lately. Just an hour after I took this photo there was a collision involving a 4 wheeler in Länna a few kilometers from here. Not so strange as that's where you can buy one! There are three different types on 4 wheelers. One for off road driving, Terrängfyrhjuling. And two that you can drive on the road, one of which you need a car driver license for Gatufyrhjuling, and one that is popular with the younger drivers, Mopedfyrhjuling. The moped version has a speed limit of 45 km/h. Do you know any teenager that would be okay with that? Not one. And if you are good with engines it's easy to adjust it. So the average speed is more like 80 km/h. That's one reason for the 5 fatal accidents this year. In total there are 30.000 4 wheelers in Sweden according to the latest statistics.
2 comments:
Interesting post and your descritpion is excellent.
We have some adults here where I live who try to use off road 4-wheelers on the city streets. Since they made idiots out of themselves the residents report them to the police who arrest them.
I suppose one difference is that Swedish law enforcement probably wouldn’t have any resources to deal with (reported) reckless drivers but it’s good to hear that there are places where the law still makes a difference.
Good commentary and good photo, Stefan.
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