Q: The law requires registration and license plates “to operate any vehicle on a public highway.” Does this mean that electric bicycles need to be licensed in Washington State? Also, in the quote above I note the word “highway”. Does that include city streets and county roads?
A: Here’s a paradox. A bicycle is both a vehicle and not a vehicle. According to the principles of classical physics, an object cannot be both a specific thing and not that thing at the same time. But this isn’t physics, it’s quantum mechanics. No, wait, it’s traffic law.
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