or "Segway motor scooter rider loses legal challenge."
Not exactly cycling, but they are two-wheelèd. I've seen polices using these on footways in Auckland and various mainland European cities appear to permit them to trundle through various pedestrianised backstreets on non-walking tours.
Whilst the authorities involved "ruled that the Segway was a motor vehicle under the meaning of the law and, therefore, it was an offence to ride one on the pavement"
the "campaigners say they are effectively barred from using the machines on pavements if they are classed as motor vehicles, but cannot drive them on roads because they do not pass all the requirements of a motor vehicle."
I wonder which requirements Segways aren't fulfilling which it may be inferred that cycles evidently must fulfil in order for them to be allowed to travel on the roads? The Segway's top speed is 12.5mph, which puts them in the same range as slow cyclists and way above the top speed of any mobility-carriage I've ever seen, which appear to be allowed on the road or the pavement (judging by the activity in my parent's street, home to three granny farms) and which are capable of totalling a car (my next-door neighbour's), never mind a pedestrian.
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