A variety of motorized devices fall in between human-powered transport and motor vehicle traffic. They may be used for recreation, or as assistive devices for persons with physical limitations, or as ways of avoiding traffic congestion. Of course, people find different uses according to their needs as this video demonstrates: VDOT groups the whole range of slow-speed motorized devices in with walking and bicycling including mopeds, personal assistive mobility devices and motorized skateboards or scooters. This summary of national traffic laws has a table of laws related specifically to segways.

Tags: disabilities | electric vehicles | GEM | golf cart | green vehicle | low speed vehicle | LSV | moped | motorized scooter | motorized wheelchair | pedestrians | safety | segway

The City of Virginia Beach has a page describing ordinances governing low-speed vehicles and bicycles:

More links for golf carts (NEV neighborhood electric vehicle, LSV low-speed vehicles)

Suffolk
James City County
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
Illinois

More links for motorized wheelchairs & scooters

California & Florida
http://www.electricvehiclemall.com/scooterlaws.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582019,00.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/alhambra-hitandrun-killing.html

More links for Segways, mopeds, go carts

Laws

"Not a solution"

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090730/1958335722.shtml
http://jotman.blogspot.com/2009/09/segway-inventor-aims-to-solve-actual.html“

Tags: disabilities | electric vehicles | GEM | golf cart | green vehicle | low speed vehicle | LSV