The US Federal government said Feb. 18 that no hoverboards meet their safety standards, and retail giants from Amazon to Toys R’ US have completely stopped carrying them. You can’t transport them on dozens of airlines, or on public transportation in New York and many other cities. Riding them is forbidden in public in Britain, on New York City streets and sidewalks, in Disney Land parks around the world, and on dozens of college campuses.
From Dec. 1 alone, there have been more than 50 fires in the US related to hoverboards, the US government said, and customs is working overtime to keep them out of the country.
Border patrol agents in Houston seized more than 3,500 hoverboards with suspect batteries, amounting to an estimated $1.8 million in goods, on Feb. 22, the latest in a string of busts. In the biggest, agents in Chicago seized more than 43,000 hoverboards in January, some of which had false certification from UL—the private company that acts as a standard bearer for electronic goods in the US.
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