A few days ago, I saw 5 black young adults in St Albans, UK, riding around in a main street on of of these self balancing scooters popularly known as Swegways, skywalkers or hoverboards—and increasingly, these boards are showing up everywhere.
Though they look cool, UK’s Police has stated that it’s illegal for anyone to ride around in public on one of these stuff.
The annoucement comes at a time many young and old folks in the UK are spending huge amounts of cash purchasing these boards, just to ride around as if they are being featured in “Back To The Future Part 2″ while looking like “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.”
Per the Crown Prosecution Service, section 72 of the Highway Act 1835 makes is illegal to ride around on skywalker board on any public road, including on the pavement.