Ben Pearson

Went for a ride along the river Thames just outside London, England yesterday. Here's some footage

I met with Matt Rodda a couple of weeks ago, and he was actually really excited and interested by the EUCs. I've created a video to send to him (there wasn't enough time to demonstrate to him), I thought I would share it here as well

I also had a reply from my local MP. It was a much more promising response though! I'm going to go and meet him to talk about it. - Dear Ben,Thank you for your recent letter on the potential legalisation of electric unicycles on footpaths, cycle lanes, and shared spaces.I was interested to receive your letter. This is not only because you are one of my constituents, but also because I am the Shadow Minister for Local Transport - so, if all goes well (!), I may well be in a position in future to implement legislation of this kind in Government.I will be happy to hear more from you, and to discuss your suggestions with other members of the Shadow Transport Team. I'm sure there will be another side to the argument - including safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and of course electric unicycle users. But it is good to be receptive to all viewpoints.As such, I am writing to say that I am hosting a drop-in surgery at St. John and St. Stephen Church, RG1 3JN, from 10:00-12:00 on Friday 6th April. If you are able to attend I would be very happy to speak further then. As the surgery is a drop-in event, there may well be a high level of attendance. As such, I would recommend arriving early so that we can guarantee a chance to speak.Yours sincerely,Matt RoddaMember of Parliament for Reading East -

Thanks for all of the great feedback, I've gone through everything here and everything in the Facebook groups that I posted it in and have a final letter that I plan on sending a little later today. I've also taken the letter @Jonathan Tolhurst templated to send to a local MP, made a couple of modifications and saved it in the same folder. As per your suggestion, I'm going to try and keep track of where I send it to and what sort of responses I get in the same folder on Google Drive. Both of the letters are saved in here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RKG1Of0t_zsdfEu4sMwoE45uzQqLK-js - it's publicly readable. If any interesting responses come back, or I gain any momentum from the letters, I'll aim to make the folder more publicly visible.

Regarding concerns on legislation in the UK (specifically around London), I've created a draft of a letter that I want to send to the Mayor of London. I plan on adopting it and sending it to local MPs as well; ultimately, I'd like to have a template that people can download and send to their local MPs. The more noise we make, the more chance in something positive happening. Any and all feedback welcomed, even grammatical errors. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1POPRyc21TW5E_ubWgRPznnOvNQmDN3Ku6Zennv-zarM