This article is very misleading. Low Speed Vehicles are entirely different than the early small cars from Japan, which were legal for highway use, and complied with all safety standards for automobiles. LSVs do not comply with safety standards for highway vehicles, and are therefore limited to 25 mph maximum speed, and in most states cannot be used on any road with a posted speed limit over 35 mph. Therefore, in suburbs (where many roads are posted at 40 and 45 mph) they are essentially usless, and they find use only in retirement communities and inner cities. To suggest that they are commuter cars is simply wrong.