Segways are used in Europe, but mainly in niche markets ( such as guided city tours ); they are not commonly used as a means of transportation.

* Ireland: Segways are permitted in most public places.

Informed sources said the Malta Police are considering the purchase of a number of Segways fitted for police work, including a siren and space for radio and other equipment.

* Portugal: Segways are legal on public paths from age 18 ( and below, when accompanied by adults ) as an equivalent to pedestrian traffic and are used by many local police forces ( Polícia Municipal ), and by Polícia Marítima ( a Navy unit ), for beach patrolling.

Segways are allowed to be driven on private land with the landowner's permission.

Today, Segways are allowed to be used on sidewalks in most states, although local municipalities may disallow their use.

Pursuant to the District's Code, Segways are prohibited on sidewalks within the Central Business District -- bounded by 23rd Street NW to the west, Massachusetts Avenue to the north, Second Street NE to the east, and D Street to the south -- unless operated by a person with a disability.

Segways are allowed on the Greenbelt in the City of Boise providing a special permit has been obtained.

In Ontario, the Ministry of Transportation has started a pilot program where Segways may be used by people 14 years or older with disability, Canada Post door-to-door delivery personnel, and police officers.

Angel Island State Park, in San Francisco Bay in California, offers Segway tours, but prohibits personal Segways except as needed by disabled visitors.

Segways can be rented for city tours in cities of Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik.

Segways can be rented for city tours, for example on the Old Town Square, Prague.

Though a Segway-focused organization, Disability Rights Advocates for Technology, advocates for Segway PT sidewalk and facility access as an ADA issue, Segways cannot be marketed in the US as medical devices: they have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a medical device and Johnson & Johnson claims exclusive rights to the medical uses of the balancing technology found in the iBOT and Segway.

Segways can still be used by others on private property.

* The " Mobile Autonomous Robot Software " research program was started in December 2003 by the Pentagon who purchased 15 Segways in an attempt to develop more advanced military robots.

Some RVers extend the hub & spoke pattern one more level by carrying bicycles, Segways, or other low-carbon conveyances on their day-trip vehicle to tour / explore their various day-trip destinations.

In 2007, Segways were reported to be used by Metropolitan Police Safer Neighbourhood Teams ( SNT ) in Sutton.

Segways perform best in areas with adequate sidewalks, curb cuts at intersections, and ramps.

Segways used on public roads must be equipped with front and rear lighting, reflectors, a bell, and an insurance plate.

In 2008, trained supervisors were granted the power to write summonses for parking and noise violations and Segways were acquired — along with bikes — to help the officers patrol during the warmer months.

Add another 50 miles ( 80 km ) together on their two Segways, at the equivalent of 275 mpg ( 117 kpl ) each, and the overall fuel economy for the leg of their trip involving Tucson works out to 21. 7 mpg ( 9. 2 kpl ) overall.

* Austria: In Vienna, Segways can be rented in the Prater amusement park ; a Segway dealer in central Vienna also offers Segways for rent.

Segway Japan, an authorized dealer, sells Segways only to corporations to use in facilities.

* Malta: Policemen have started testing Segways on patrol in Valletta.

While in opposition in 2008, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats lobbied the Labour Government to change the law to allow Segways to use public cycle lanes.

In Alberta, Segways cannot be driven on Public Roads including sidewalks abutting public roads.

Segways cannot be driven on city-owned bicycle paths in Calgary.

) In British Columbia, Segways can't legally be operated on B. C.

* United States, Boston: In 2011, Boston banned the use of Segways on city sidewalks except for the disabled.

That is particularly true of sovereignty when it is applied to democratic societies, in which `` popular '' sovereignty is said to exist, and in federal nations, in which the jobs of government are split.

Consitutional government, popular vote, trial by jury, public education, labor unions, cooperatives, communes, socialized ownership, world courts, and the veto power in world councils are but a few examples.

and, `` I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world '', burst out Jo some five hundred pages later in that popular story of the March family, which had first appeared when Henrietta was eight ; ;

The recent experiments in the new poetry-and-jazz movement seen by some as part of the `` San Francisco Renaissance '' have been as popular as they are notorious.

Stacked heels are also popular on dressy or tailored shoes.

The citrus tones popular in clothing are also to be found afoot.

The National Parks, always popular camping places, are facing the same pressure.

All political interests supported electoral planning, although there are some signs that the inherent uncertainties of a popular judgment led to some procrastination.

Lacking the respected and effective institutions that consensus helps provide, minority parties, such as the P.D.I. in 1957 and the progressive Istiqlal faction in 1958, clamor for elections when out of power, but are not at all certain they wish to be controlled by popular choice when in power.

In his only attack on the Republicans, Hughes said, `` The three Republican candidates for governor are tripping over their feet for popular slogans to win the primary.

A political scientist writes of the growth of `` alienated voters '', who `` believe that voting is useless because politicians or those who influence politicians are corrupt, selfish and beyond popular control.

A closer look at modern Zen reveals many magical carryovers that are still part of popular Zen attitudes.

There are 12 of these to choose from, all of them of popular music except for the star release, Pass In Review ( SP-44001 ).

In comedy, several players are emerging in the image of the very popular Rouiched which is illustrated in several films such as Hassan Terro or Hassan Taxi, or actor Hadj Abderrahmane better known under the pseudonym of the Inspector Tahar in 1973 comedy The Holiday of The Inspector Tahar directed by Musa Haddad.

Several instances of popular etymology are attested from ancient authors.

Louis A. Landa presents Swift ’ s A Modest Proposal as a critique of the popular and unjustified maxim of mercantilism in the 18th century that " people are the riches of a nation ".

Many species of Amaryllidoideae are popular as ornamentals in parks and gardens.

Several genera are popular with the horticultural community, including marigold, pot marigold ( also known as calendula ), cone flowers, various daisies, fleabane, chrysanthemums, dahlias, zinnias, and heleniums.

At present the Alps are one of the more popular tourist destinations in the world with many resorts such Oberstdorf, in Bavaria, Saalbach in Austria, Davos in Switzerland, Chamonix in France, and Cortina d ' Ampezzo in Italy recording more than a million annual visitors.

The governor and the lieutenant governor are elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms.

Both these popular methods are used to analyze sound and better understand the acoustic phenomenon.

Highly polished New Zealand pāua shells are extremely popular as souvenirs with their striking blue, green, and purple iridescence.

Ploughs are popular with cruising sailors and other private boaters.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

A number of theories have been proposed to explain the two figures, and there are occasional references to them in popular culture.