Segway Boards - confirmed illegal! Yay
Discussion
Kawasicki said:
otherman said:
or one scraped knee on a poor helpless child. Then a blanket ban would all be worth it. same should apply to all forms of transport.
How would banning blankets avoid scraped knees?chrisxr2 said:
I am the only one in my town with an electric unicycle which happily is immune from the laws as it only has one wheel, I am very considerate of pedestrians as you should be though, can imagine some places these hoverboard scooter things are everywhere.
I quite fancy one of those, was it difficult to learn to ride? do you have a link to the manufacturer? will it go up hills?Those balancey board things have separate platforms don't they?
Surely the same as pedals in a legal sense
If THEY get that nice Mr Loophole on the case
I'm 68 and I'd love to have a go, even though I would be pooing myself about my metal knees giving up
maybe
I saw a very cool kid last weekend in Carmarthen with one when all his butties were scooterising
He was the cool one
Surely the same as pedals in a legal sense
If THEY get that nice Mr Loophole on the case
I'm 68 and I'd love to have a go, even though I would be pooing myself about my metal knees giving up
maybe
I saw a very cool kid last weekend in Carmarthen with one when all his butties were scooterising
He was the cool one
It's not just killing fun, but also preventing progress in terms of short distance individual transport.
My OH has a condition where her hips dislocate with every step. She drives around the corner to the shop because she can't walk there. We were only talking at the weekend about getting her one of these so she can do things like walk the kids to school or pop to the shops. That's been kyboshed now.
Fair enough have appropriate controls, but when it's an antiquated law automatically just banning stuff the legislators couldn't have foreseen, we end up looking like antiquated plums to the rest of the world.
My OH has a condition where her hips dislocate with every step. She drives around the corner to the shop because she can't walk there. We were only talking at the weekend about getting her one of these so she can do things like walk the kids to school or pop to the shops. That's been kyboshed now.
Fair enough have appropriate controls, but when it's an antiquated law automatically just banning stuff the legislators couldn't have foreseen, we end up looking like antiquated plums to the rest of the world.
Quite simply they aren't allowed on the road as they don't have a separate form of braking (which is how e-bikes get around it).
I used one on an off road course a couple of years back and it was brilliant. Very controllable and quite fast and great fun. The rest of Europe allows them and as personal transport for distances of a couple of miles they make great sense. So in cities in the UK instead of embracing them we ban them so people can take a car instead. Yep... That's pretty sensible...
I used one on an off road course a couple of years back and it was brilliant. Very controllable and quite fast and great fun. The rest of Europe allows them and as personal transport for distances of a couple of miles they make great sense. So in cities in the UK instead of embracing them we ban them so people can take a car instead. Yep... That's pretty sensible...
Fact of the matter is; much like you aren't allowed to cycle on the path, everyone does and no one gets hauled up on it, it'll be the same for these segway board things; the Police most likely won't care.
Can't see the issue myself, I see a few about, they don't get it my way, no more space is taken up than if you walked, so what is the issue.
I'd love a go on one, couldn't justify spunking £400 on one though as I just know I would piss about on it for a week and then it would be forgotten.
Can't see the issue myself, I see a few about, they don't get it my way, no more space is taken up than if you walked, so what is the issue.
I'd love a go on one, couldn't justify spunking £400 on one though as I just know I would piss about on it for a week and then it would be forgotten.
This is not new legislation - it's just the CPS putting out some guidance which is potentially as useful as the Daily Fail doing the same. Until tested in court, it probably means nothing.
I imagine the response you'd get for using one will differ depending *where* you use it. On a busy London street I expect you'll be unpopular, whereas in my local town, you'd be an interesting curiosity.
That said, the fact that your legs are slightly apart means you will take up a bit of space on the pavement as you move along, whereas those AirWheels seem to take up no more space than a normal walking person would anyway. And they look even cooler.
I imagine the response you'd get for using one will differ depending *where* you use it. On a busy London street I expect you'll be unpopular, whereas in my local town, you'd be an interesting curiosity.
That said, the fact that your legs are slightly apart means you will take up a bit of space on the pavement as you move along, whereas those AirWheels seem to take up no more space than a normal walking person would anyway. And they look even cooler.
lostkiwi said:
Quite simply they aren't allowed on the road as they don't have a separate form of braking (which is how e-bikes get around it).
I used one on an off road course a couple of years back and it was brilliant. Very controllable and quite fast and great fun. The rest of Europe allows them and as personal transport for distances of a couple of miles they make great sense. So in cities in the UK instead of embracing them we ban them so people can take a car instead. Yep... That's pretty sensible...
Out of interest, how fast can you go, how far does it travel and how quickly can you stop if someone jumps in your way?I used one on an off road course a couple of years back and it was brilliant. Very controllable and quite fast and great fun. The rest of Europe allows them and as personal transport for distances of a couple of miles they make great sense. So in cities in the UK instead of embracing them we ban them so people can take a car instead. Yep... That's pretty sensible...
Watchman said:
This is not new legislation - it's just the CPS putting out some guidance which is potentially as useful as the Daily Fail doing the same. Until tested in court, it probably means nothing.
I imagine the response you'd get for using one will differ depending *where* you use it. On a busy London street I expect you'll be unpopular, whereas in my local town, you'd be an interesting curiosity.
That said, the fact that your legs are slightly apart means you will take up a bit of space on the pavement as you move along, whereas those AirWheels seem to take up no more space than a normal walking person would anyway. And they look even cooler.
Erm, the precedent has been setI imagine the response you'd get for using one will differ depending *where* you use it. On a busy London street I expect you'll be unpopular, whereas in my local town, you'd be an interesting curiosity.
That said, the fact that your legs are slightly apart means you will take up a bit of space on the pavement as you move along, whereas those AirWheels seem to take up no more space than a normal walking person would anyway. And they look even cooler.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshi...
Disastrous said:
Laugh. I read this and thought "what a bunch of killjoy ban-everything w
kers. Still, I bet PH will be pleased" and lo and behold... 
What problems do they actually cause that they are worth banning them for? As I read elsewhere today, "If these wkers were in charge years ago, we'd still be riding horses".
This kers. Still, I bet PH will be pleased" and lo and behold... What problems do they actually cause that they are worth banning them for? As I read elsewhere today, "If these w
kers were in charge years ago, we'd still be riding horses".
That's about twice, TWICE! in the last month or so that I've agreed with you
chrisxr2 said:
I am the only one in my town with an electric unicycle which happily is immune from the laws as it only has one wheel, I am very considerate of pedestrians as you should be though, can imagine some places these hoverboard scooter things are everywhere.
I don't think it having one wheel exempts it from this law as two wheeled electric bicycles are legal too.However if it is one of these Airwheel thingies with no pedals I believe they are as illegal as the Segway.
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