PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an erroneous start suppressing device for an electric vehicle including an operation lever which is installed on an elbow rest part and which is to adjust the traveling direction of the vehicle and the output of an electric motor, and to prevent an erroneous start of the electric vehicle when the operation lever is erroneously operated in a situation where the elbow of a driver is not placed on the elbow rest part.SOLUTION: A control unit (31) disables the operation of an operation lever (18) when a vehicle speed is equal to or not more than a predetermined value set in advance and when a state in which the elbow of a driver is not placed on an elbow rest part (17) is detected for a certain period of time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】肘置き部に設置されて車両進行方向及び電動モータの出力を調整する操作レバーを備えた電動車両の誤発進抑制装置において、運転者の肘が肘置き部に置かれていない状況で操作レバーを誤操作した場合に、電動車両の誤発進を防止することにある。【解決手段】制御ユニット（３１）は、車速が予め設定された所定値以下で、運転者の肘が肘置き部（１７）に置かれていない状態を一定時間検出したときに、操作レバー（１８）の操作を無効状態にする。【選択図】図１
