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Who knew gliding through the streets of New York could get you in trouble with the law?
But people zipping around town on hoverboards — those two-wheel, hands-free, motorized contraptions — are cruising for a costly ticket.
WALK OR PAY: 'HOVERBOARDS' ARE ILLEGAL IN NEW YORK CITY, SAYS NYPD
While they’ve become something of a fad and a hit with celebs, the NYPD has now declared them illegal, exposing riders to a $200 fine.
Even with more New Yorkers finding the hoverboards a quick and effortless way to maneuver through the streets — lean a touch forward and you’re sailing — a City Council member wants a law banning them from the road.
Fred Lee/ABC via Getty Images
A City Council member wants to ban hoverboards from the road.
Talk about a killjoy.
People like Marcos Avila, 32, from Jackson Heights, decided to ditch bikes, subways and buses for the hoverboard when he first spotted them this spring. Now he’s worried he’ll have to return to travel as usual.
“It’s really going to disrupt my life,” Avila, 32, told the Daily News. “That was my go-to device.”
Hoverboards have been the rage in New York since the summer, whether as a novelty or new mode of transportation. But until the NYPD put the official whammy on them this week, there was a gray area on whether they’re street legal.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
But people zipping around town on hoverboards — those two-wheel, hands-free, motorized contraptions — are cruising for a costly ticket.
WALK OR PAY: 'HOVERBOARDS' ARE ILLEGAL IN NEW YORK CITY, SAYS NYPD
While they’ve become something of a fad and a hit with celebs, the NYPD has now declared them illegal, exposing riders to a $200 fine.
Even with more New Yorkers finding the hoverboards a quick and effortless way to maneuver through the streets — lean a touch forward and you’re sailing — a City Council member wants a law banning them from the road.
Fred Lee/ABC via Getty Images
A City Council member wants to ban hoverboards from the road.
Talk about a killjoy.
People like Marcos Avila, 32, from Jackson Heights, decided to ditch bikes, subways and buses for the hoverboard when he first spotted them this spring. Now he’s worried he’ll have to return to travel as usual.
“It’s really going to disrupt my life,” Avila, 32, told the Daily News. “That was my go-to device.”
Hoverboards have been the rage in New York since the summer, whether as a novelty or new mode of transportation. But until the NYPD put the official whammy on them this week, there was a gray area on whether they’re street legal.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
