Hoverboards, those meme-friendly scourges of major airlines and wrists everywhere, are getting a much-needed helping hand, courtesy of a band of New York City politicians. The lawmakers want to legalize hoverboards in the Big Apple, which are prohibited from public streets and sidewalks. Currently the NYPD can fine anyone caught gliding around on the non-hovering motorized contraptions in public up to $500.
Standing in front of City Hall today, the politicians announced they would be introducing a bill in both the New York City Council and the state legislature in Albany to exempt hoverboards from being classified as motorized vehicles or "electric personal mobility assistive devices." Instead, they would be granted their own separate...
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