Nationwide restrictions on hoverboard and segway use
Sunday, August 26, 2018 @ 6:14 PM
LOCAL councils across Spain have started to issue bye-laws limiting the use of electric scooters, 'hoverboards' and segways.
A method of transport fast growing in popularity across Europe, hoverboards and segways – the latter being capable of reaching speeds of up to 30 kilometres per hour – nevertheless pose risks to their users as well as pedestrians and other vehicles.
Barcelona has announced a ban on cyclists on pavements and is set to ban hoverboards and segways, who must use cycle lanes if available or travel on roads if not, and has limited their speeds to 30 kilometres per hour even when they are capable of moving faster.
Fines of between €100 and €500 will be imposed for anyone who fails to comply.
Madrid is looking to ban hoverboards and segways from pavements, road surfaces, cycle lanes, bus and taxi lanes and one-way, single-carriageway street.
Read more at thinkSPAIN.com