Technology never stops. But what happens when it conflicts with the law? The reason for the new mode of transportation that lives up to the name hoverboards and that the police around the world do not know where to classify her. Is bike, scooter, skateboard or motorbike?
The hoverboards they are electrically self-balancing machinemovement points. They usually have 20 small batteries inside and can move on a straight road at a top speed of 10 km/h. These technical characteristics are responsible for bureaucratic civil servants classifying them in London as an electric passenger transport machine and putting them in the same fate as other vehicles on the roads.
But the traffic on the public roads of all "vehicles" without license plates is of course prohibited. And vehicles are not allowed on the sidewalks…. !!! In short in England are forbidden to move everywhere public. But you can use it right inside your home, from the living room to the toilet and upside down.
And if you tell us that the English are by conviction formal, we inform you that they are not the only country with legislative confusion in the means of transport. And in the state of California in America, one was valid until yesterday law of 1970 which respectively classifies them in vehicles.
According to The Guardian the law has just changed yesterday and since the beginning of 2016 will not characterize vehicles that are electric, they move at speeds below 20 km / h and carry only 1 person. They will be able to move freely on bicycle routes, but the driver should wear a helmet and not be drunk. !!!
We are curious to see what will happen in Greece when they will come to the Greek roads. We suppose that our snakes here will rather indifferent and will not even bother classify them somewhere.
IGuRu.gr spoke with importers and the first is expected very soon.
