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Segway transporter banned from public use

24 August 2006
The Segway transporter
The Segway transporter

 

Use of the Segway 'human transporter' has been effectively blocked by the DfT with the help of an Act dating back to 1853. In a new factsheet clarifying the legal position of 'self-balancing scooters', the DfT admits that the only place they can be legally ridden is on "private property with the landowner's permission."

Under the 1835 Highway Act, riding or driving on a footway is prohibited, with the exception of vehicles used by disabled drivers. The DfT points out that...

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