Note the burnt-out hoverboard in the pile of discarded wheeled things.
Tag / hoverboard
Foom!
…and we segue naturally into a completely different storyline over the next few weeks. Or should that be Swegway?
The skateboard awakens
Oh no… Jones has a new form of transportation. It’s not a board, and it doesn’t hover – therefore it’s called a hoverboard.
Law
Even though hoverboards have only popped up recently, they’re illegal in the UK thanks to a 180-year old law. The 1835 Highways Act states that people cannot use the footway to “lead or drive any horse, ass, sheep, mule, swine, or cattle or carriage of any description” which, sadly, includes hoverboards. I think they come under the heading of ‘carriage’, as they’re very unlikely to be considered to be livestock, except for VAT purposes.