Segboards, Are They Legal?

[JohnCade]

The CPS has given updated guidance on them and confirmed that they are illegal. It seems the police want to nip the current fad for them in the bud.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/12/hoverboards-illegal-pavements-roads-scooters

 

[cwah]

I hope it will be tolerated....

I reckon it is a killer device for touring and tourists! I'm going to lisbon tomorrow and wondering if I can rent one there!

 

[JohnCade]

I hope it will be tolerated....

I reckon it is a killer device for touring and tourists! I'm going to lisbon tomorrow and wondering if I can rent one there!

I think maybe the fear that it might be a killer device for tourists is behind the clampdown.

Oops down goes an eighty five year old Swedish tourist, whacked by another out of control teen board rider on the pavement.

 

[anotherkiwi]

I hope it will be tolerated....

I reckon it is a killer device for touring and tourists! I'm going to lisbon tomorrow and wondering if I can rent one there!

And you would just want to over-volt it and put a huge pannier rack on it.

 

[cwah]

And you would just want to over-volt it and put a huge pannier rack on it.

I'd carry passenger on it

 

[cwah]

It's becoming really common now in london. There isn't a day I don't see someone with these machine

 

[Emo Rider]

Thanks to all for the great feed back and the usual humor that makes one smile. I guess that I was not the only one asking this question based on the news reports.

 

[Fatgadget]

First time I ever saw one was amongst a pile of rubbish bags piled up against a lamp post by a busy road junction- Holloway road/Seven sisters road
Narf London! Upon closer inspection it was broken literally in half.I suspect a car had run over it or somat...Thankfully there wasn't any blood or gore in the vicinity suggesting the owner escaped intact!
Im no inspector Clouseau but I reckon whoever was on it,was crossing the road and panic set in upon sudden realisation traffic was faster than anticipated and jumped off the blasted thing!

Took the bits home and salvaged a virtually new 36 v 100W lion battery and one hub motor.The other wheel was smashed to smitherins.They are a solid build .Diecast alloy frame, and the electronics and motors very neat and tidy.