The Guardian view on hoverboards: toddle off | Editorial

The hoverboard craze belongs indoors; in public places we’re better off walking or cyclingThe fuss about hoverboards, or “swegways”, must puzzle anyone over 15: they are the latest children’s toys for adults, self-balancing platforms with wheels at each end, where the rider teeters, half terrifying and half absurd, down crowded pavements or through malls and airports. Why would anyone want one? They don’t actually hover. They are not the enchanting air surfboards th