"In the federal test, a Fly 10 at 38 miles per hour needed 83.8 feet to come to a complete stop, which is 8.23 more feet, or nearly 11 percent, more distance than federal standards allow. In a wet weather test, the Fly braking system's average deceleration upon application of the brake was 16 percent worse than federal standards require. Such results mean the Fly 10 was not in compliance with section 122 of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, which covers brakes."
"Brake performance is in one of the nine categories in the FMVSS testing regime. Until Streetsblog's investigation was published last year, federal authorities had never tested a Fly device. That's why we bought a Fly 9 moped and had it tested by Applus+ IDIADA, which tests vehicles for governments and manufacturers. Affixed to the bottom of the moped we tested was a metal plate that read: "This vehicle conforms to all applicable U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.""
Federal officials ordered a recall of all Fly 10 mopeds made between July 1, 2022 and Oct. 31, 2024 because their braking systems failed federal standards. NHTSA testing showed a Fly 10 required 83.8 feet to stop from 38 mph—about 8.23 feet, or nearly 11 percent, more than allowed—and wet-weather deceleration was about 16 percent worse than required. Noncompliance with FMVSS No. 122 can increase stopping distance or cause loss of control, raising crash and injury risk. An independent test of a Fly 9 by Applus+ IDIADA revealed misleading conformity labeling and incomplete FMVSS compliance testing.
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