A group of MPs and Peers rode on Segway personal transporters (PT) this week from the House of Commons to the Department for Transport as part of a cross-campaign to lift a public ban on the device.

Among those present at the demonstration were Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik, Conservative Shadow Lords DEFRA spokesman Earl Attlee and Conservative Peer Earl Liverpool.

They were joined by several Segway commuters. Opik told Surveyor they were a safe, ‘green’ and efficient alternative to the car, and should not be seen as competition to the bicycle.

He added: ‘The British Government seems paralysed with indecision. On the one hand they say the Segway PT isn’t legal. On the other hand they are unable to point to a single scrap of evidence in British law to show why they should be banned.’

See online video