Over the years I have often filed complaints like that. Sometimes they have been taken on board and dealt with surprisingly quickly. A recent one was a medicine that was wrongly classified - but subtly so.
It is worth doing - some organisations do really seem to want to get it right.
Wow! Was not expecting that many posts after my Segway comment.
My distance for work is minimal but a very, very steep hill. I'd really like to have the option of a Segway (even if other factors rule it out). It would make all the difference and avoid my using my car.
An eapc would be a tenth of the cost and entirely legal to use (appropriately)
It isn't that a Segway is the only possibility, just that I'd like the option. Maybe cost, or what I think when I have been to a dealer to try one out, or something else would rule it out? It is simply that something about them appeals to me!
If you are in the UK and need to use it on public property, then it rules itself out.
Which countries prohibit UK residents using vehicles?
Given that I was explicitly referring to temporarily-imported, foreign- registered vehicles, then the answer to that is "the UK".
You have the option, but they make no sense just for a commute. An electric category Q vehicle has no limit on power nor weight, so might be more able to achieve the 15mph up a very, very steep hill and coast down.
Why the DVLA? I can't see anything the the MSVA guide which requires mechanical brakes on a two wheeled vehicle.
Whilst I still don't understand how being used by a UK resident is part of the temporary import regs, it is possible for a non-UK resident to use a temporarily imported vehicle on UK carriageways without UK type approval.
if the vehicle is from a non-European Union (EU) country the driver must contact Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as soon as they enter the UK. The HMRC decides whether that particular vehicle can be used
What MSVA guide are you looking at?
You could start with...
It's to stop people taking the piss and using a foreign-plated vehicle to avoid parking/speeding tickets et al.
Yes, it is. But it has to be legal in the country in which it IS registered.
Really...?
Every single Swiss or Norwegian tourist?
Sure I saw a Jersey registered vehicle the other day...
You Sign, You Buy - The Contract Dealers use a purchase contract form when selling vehicles. Read and unders tand the contract before you sign. Once you and dealer sign the offer, it b ecomes a bind¬ing contract. The dealer cannot raise the price or sell the vehicle to anyone else. You cannot cancel the contract.
I can't see anything there requiring brakes to be mechanical.
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