In 1985, a 14-year-old in Britain could legally drive a Sinclair C5 down a dual carriageway at 15 miles per hour with lorries thundering past at chest height, b... (opens in new tab)

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the C5 at Alexandra Palace on 10 January 1985, promising a £399 electric machine that could move through British streets at 15 miles per hour while its driver sat lower than the bonnet line of many cars. It was not licensed like a car. It was not protected like one either. […]