Segways banned in Britain

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

And yet 3 years after that study was done, there is still no legislation here that either specifically allows or bans Segways on sidewalks and bike paths. Of course, I've never actually seen or heard of anyone else owning a Segway in Quebec, so I imagine it's not a terribly urgent issue for the government to address.

Actually the Canadian government has only had the results for a few months.

In 2003, the Centre for Electric Vehicle Experimentation in Quebec (CEVEQ), in partnership with the Quebec Department of Transport (MTQ) and Transport Canada, carried out the first phase of a pilot project to evaluate the Segway™ HT Electronic Personal Assistive Mobility Device (EPAMD) and an electric scooter. ...

Following the tabling of the phase 1 report, MTQ and SAAQ indicated they were in favour of conducting a second phase of evaluation, under certain conditions, of the Segway EPAMD alone. The authorities did not consider the electric scooter safe enough for experimentation on public roadways. ...

Phase 2 of the project was, therefore, concerned only with Segway EPAMDs. The study was conducted during the summer and autumn of 2005 ...

Give your MPs some time; they're only politicians, after all. And it is just possible that one or two other Provinces may want to conduct their own research.