The UK has found it illegal to ride a hoverboard in public.



Own one of these or thinking about getting one? They're illegal to ride in public! Info here: https://t.co/We85yLAzsU pic.twitter.com/vMm0hxNAjs — MPS Specials (@MPSSpecials) October 11, 2015

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By hoverboard, they mean one of the self-balancing scooters pictured below. According to UK law, these scooters are identified as "motor vehicles" and are subject to proper traffic laws. In order to ride them legally, one would have to have a license and registration for their use.It's practically impossible to make one of these street-legal, however, since they do not meet the requirements set up by UK law to make them a suitable fit for the road. Police ask that owners keep their use to private property with the owner's expressed permission.The scooters have been nicknamed hoverboards, despite having two wheels and being self-propelled and self-balancing like a segway. Sadly, they don't quite match up to the infamous hoverboard Marty McFly rode in Back to the Future Part II , but the hoverboard project Lexus has been working on seems promising.

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