Segways face ban

The move has stunned Holland's official importer of the two-wheeled, self-balancing scooters which only heard about the ban at the eleventh hour.

The Segway "is a motorised vehicle, and according to Dutch law, a mo-ped," a police statement said.

But because the Traffic Agency hasn't approved the vehicle, the police statement said, it can't be issued license plates.

Meanwhile the Traffic Agency says it can't give the Segway a licence because it does not have a handbrake. Agency spokesman Hans van Geenhuizen told Associated Press that he really likes the Segway, but he is not allowed to licence it under current Dutch law.

Of course it is not as if illegal Segway owners are going to be that hard to catch.

You can't ride them on highways or pavements here in Blighty. Anyroad, here's the Sydney Morning Herald . µ