Does this mean that he needs a helmet, licence, registration and insurance?

As per subject:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-12215326

 

It means he'd need to get it type approved first, which ain't gonna
happen.

 

They should be in the same place as electric scooter riders with no reg
plates or helmets.
Which is:
In the gutter dying because I ran them over

Issue? Me? Nooooooooooo

 

Seems to me that the folks who sold him one in the first place missed a
huge trick. If an unemployed factory worker can afford to shell out 5
grand on that piece of shite then he can easily be conned out of the cash
to cover the extra cost of the safety gear.

 

WTF is a civilian police inquiry officer?

 

plastic plod like PCSOs (police community support officers)

I interviewed one for my dissertation and he kept using the phrase
"collecting intelligence" like he was from Bletchley Park.

 

Or it could be something to do with collective nouns.

 

Is it just another name or is it another flavour of plastic plod?
Google only chucks back segway dude and one who topped himself for
a search on "civilian police inquiry officer"

I really don't seem to be able to get my head round plod and the
many flavours thereof.

 

@simurg.ath.cx:

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_police#Police_civilians

the relevant law devolves power to individual chief constables to create
civilian staff to perform specific functions and cherry pick from a list
as to the powers each has. They can give them any name they like too.

The variability of powers thing makes it difficult to know whether it is
permissable to say "**** off" and keep walking or go into car doffing
appeasement. Tories have been making noises about scrapping PCSOs etc.
We'll have a bunch of geriatric volunteers in dayglo bibs and fake radar
guns on every street...

 

My kind of job. Just imagine the fun, pointing it all those 4 byes and
watching all those uninsured wives driving hubbies "company car" and
wetting their prada knickers in panic. Where do I sign up?

 

Nah, it's just a fuckwitted mag's court.
The Segway doesn't even fall under electric bicycle regs, which would be
the closest thing to it. IF it did, it's throttle-only controlled, which
would actually be illegal under UK and EU regs now extant, and theres no
way I can see to make it a pedelec.

 

Prada underwear is completely passe, Steve.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...-ridden-on-roads-or-pavements-in-Britain.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...om-pavements-and-roads-as-rider-fined-75.html

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

Steve's from Essex.

 

How the **** does "an unemployed factory worker" afford a holiday in
Florida and a £5000 Segway

 

Why the **** shouldn't he? For all you know he's only been unemployed
a couple of months, was earning £60k per year and came away with
another £50k in redundancy money.

 

Yeah, load of factory workers earn 60k/year

 

Well, it's the language used init. Most factory workers aren't clocking
up £60k pa.

 

£30k then, the amount really isn't important, and he's been good as
saving his money.

 

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