Council Approves Use of Segway Riders in Town
From Times Wire Reports
Most residents who shed the family car tool around town in golf carts. Now, they can scoot around on those single-rider Segway human transporters.
The City Council decided Thursday to allow the operation of Segways or other motorized nonvehicle devices.
California law classifies Segway devices as “electric personal assistive mobility devices,” so they are considered pedestrian devices, not vehicles.
State law allows them to be operated on sidewalks but leaves it up to each city to regulate or prohibit their use.
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