'Hoverboards' made legal in California

The Golden State has passed a bill allowing hoverboards and electric skateboards, on the same day their ban was restated by the London police

California has passed legislation to allow use of electric skateboards and other motorised, wheeled devices such as "hoverboards" anywhere bicycles are allowed, reversing earlier legislation which banned the vehicles.

The bill was signed into law on Sunday, the same day that London's Metropolitan police service restated earlier guidance that hoverboards are banned from the British capital's roads and pavements.