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From slowing vehicles to fast meat packers, legal trends are taking on a green hue
April 22, 2008
The Journal Record

OKLAHOMA CITY – They're called low-speed vehicles, or LSVs for short, and thanks to two clients of attorney Jeff Tate who insisted on being ticketed, they're now legal in Edmond.

That's just one of the latest developments in what has come to be known as "green law."

Tate, President of Sustainable Edmond, said that unlike standard golf carts, LSVs can go more than 20 mph.

Under federal standards, LSVs that can do up to 25 mph are classified as motor vehicles, but are not required to have all of the safety bells and whistles of standard cars. They must have seatbelts, a VIN number, reflectors, lights and the like.

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