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A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A PLATFORM ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN OPERATOR IN STANDING POSITION AND PROVIDED WITH REAR WHEELS AND HAVING UPWARDLY PROJECTING ARMS AT ITS FRONT END PROVIDED WITH A REARWARDLY INCLINED BEARING, A STEERING AND DRIVING WHEEL YOKE ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID BEARING, A TUBULAR STEERING SHAFT REMOVABLY CONNECTED TO SAID YOKE AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BEARING AND PROVIDED WITH A HANDLE AT ITS UPPER END, A DRIVING AND STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED ON SAID YOKE, A MOTOR MOUNTED OIN SAID YOKE, SPEED REDUCING DRIVING CONNECTIONS FOR SAID MOTOR TO SAID STEERING AND DRIVING WHEEL MOUNTED ON SAID YOKE, A BATTERY MOUNTED ON SAID PLATFORM, ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS FOR SAID BATTERY TO SAID MOTOR INCLUDING AN AUTOMATICALLY OPENING SWITCH DISPOSED BETWEEN AND SUPPORTEDLY MOUNTED ON THE ARMS OF SAID YOKE IN DOWNWARDLY SPACED RELATION TO THEIR UPPER ENDS, A RECIPROCATINGLY MOUNTED SWITCH CLOSING ROD DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID STEERING SHAFT AND PROVIDED WITH A FINGERPIECE AT ITS UPPER END DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID HANDLE, THE LOWER END OF SAID ROD BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SWITCH CLOSING MEMBER OF SAID SWITCH, A SPRING SUPPORTING BRACKET MOUNTED ON SAID YOKE AND THROUGH WHICH SAID ROD PROJECTS, A ROD RETRACTING SPRING MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET, AND A HOUSING FOR SAID MOTOR, SAID SWITCH AND SAID ROD RETRACTING SPRING MOUNTED ON SAID YOKE.