Is riding a Segway scooter on a pavemen illegal?

[anotheoldgit]

http://tinyurl.com/5sco5f7

Should this person be charged for unlawfully riding this vehicle on the pavements, since driving an invalidity scooter isn't?

[NazNomad]

The Highway Act of 1835 renders the Segway PT illegal in the UK on pavements. They cannot be used where bicycles can (even electric bicycles) because they do not have pedals - and they cannot be used on the road as a motor vehicle because they do not meet any kind of permitted type approval in the UK. The only place they CAN be used is on private property (and only with the land owner's permission).

[society]

Could you imagine the commotion and traffic if there were a bit more than a few of these on the pavement?

[NazNomad]

THey don't even have decent spokes, so the 'walking-stick trick' is useless against them.

(Unless you smack 'em upside the face with it, of course).

[NazNomad]

http://www.thekimchee...07/08/segway_beta.jpg

lolz

[Count-A-Strong]

I suppose the argument is that mobility scooters are a means of getting around for people who would otherwise find it difficult / impossible. As there are other European countries where it is not illegal, I suspect that any conviction / prosecution could be taken to the ECofHR.


After attending an interview at Cudworth police station he even got on his Segway and rode home through the streets.

A typical reaction of a Yorkshireman. Top bloke.

[cc1]

Pixi, be glad they stick to the pavements and not Bolton ring road as I have seen! Isn't the time here for some regulation of these menaces? How many are used for genuine medical reasons?

[NazNomad]

Powered wheelchairs and scooters MUST NOT travel faster than 4 mph (6 km/h) on pavements or in pedestrian areas.

[boxtops]

I'd rather have a Segway than the little person who is riding an mini-moke thing up and down my road at the moment, noisy little brat. Also illegal.

[askyourgran]

I don't know how fast these Segway vehicles go but I would have thought it illegal to use them on a public highway. I've seen them in use in the large shopping malls, and I think they are a useful idea for staff to get around an indoor area quickly. Jimi Heselden was our local hero for his charitable works, he was the millionaire owner of the Segway. He died recently riding on one of those things, falling down a cliff on one. Makes you think of the safety aspect of them in open spaces.

[anotheoldgit]

The only people who should be on pavements are pedestrians and mobility scooters.

As mentioned by boxtops the one's to look out for are those small persons on those mini-moke things and various 2 wheel and 4 wheel toys, those with plastic wheels are noisy beyond compare, also highly dangerous because apart from the BMXs and like, the other toys don't have brakes.

[DTCwordfan]

It is an offence

send them to Iran as a punishment

and they could be made to wear the Burkha.

[Jeanclaude]

Could you imagine the commotion and traffic if there were a bit more than a few of these on the pavement?
The pavement? Can you imagine the commotion and traffic stuck behind it if this thing was in the road? I can and it's horrendous! I think they should be allowed on the pavement imo

[joko]

perhaps they should be fitted with some noise, so that peopl are aware of ther
ir presence? not a horrible annoying one just one that can easily be recognised

[boxtops]

Didn't George Bush fall off one of those, when he was trying to appear "cool"?

[Whickerman]

sorry, I disagree that mobility scooters should be allowed on the pavement.

[Whickerman]

and hasn't the 'retired policeman' got anything better to do? Bet he's just jealous and wants a go.

[rov1100]

The simple rule for any motorized device is that the driver should have third party insurance. I don't know if invalidity scooters have to have insurance but I bet that segway had none.

[anotheoldgit]

Yes they should be insured, and over a certain size (those also allowed on the road) must also show a vehicle tax disc (this is free).