The fitment of side-cars to scooters have been outlawed in Brazil, yet I don't know exactly when, as the current Traffic Code was implemented in early '99, and the side-cars used to not be taken much seriously until a side-cars manufacturer in Santa Catarina started to promote them for commercial cargo applications. Sure older side-car rigs were grandfathered, such as this '64 Lambretta coupled to a side-car on its left side, as it would be better suited to countries where the traffic is on the left side of the road, rendering it even more unusual in Brazil. Naturally the motorcycling culture not having been much developed as a practical option for the average Joe until the Japanese took over in the '70s, as car industries were favored in the '50s during Juscelino Kubitschek's presidential term, a Lambretta actually had its fair share of the market, but side-cars are still seen more often as a curiosity, so it would never be an actual contender to the Volkswagen Beetle for instance...
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