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Re: the segway just got a whole lot cooler

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
The problem very much exists in urban areas - when you want to be able to travel greater than 1 mile but less than 10 miles where roads and sidewalks are too congested to make a car practical, not to mention the environmental impact of a car.
Is this designed to go on the **road**?

Seems like a serious safety hazard to me.

Perhaps if cities were redesigned to accomodate personal transport vehicles such as these, they might be a viable alternative... But for now and the forseeable future, we're stuck with either sidewalks or the road.
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