Segway - Alternative Mobility Device for People with Disabilities

WHEREAS approximately one-half of all car trips are less than five kilometres long and involve only a single occupant; AND WHEREAS the electric Segway Human Transporter is an environmentally-friendly, short distance type of vehicle; AND WHEREAS in 2007 at the UBCM Convention, local governments and the province demonstrated their shared commitment to take action on climate change by signing onto the BC Climate Action Charter; AND WHEREAS studies have shown that the Segway may be a good device for people with disabilities because it allows them to participate in social and functional activities in a manner that traditional mobility aids do not facilitate as well: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM lobby the provincial government to amend the Motor Vehicle Act to allow for the use of the Segway Human Transporter wherever traditional mobility aids are permitted.