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For Segway to make it big would require a lot of law and cultural changes. For a start, the device is intended for use on sidewalks where it would now be illegal almost everwhere. That would need to change. If it were made legal, there would have to be better "lane discipline" on sidewalks. With a mix of pedestrians and much faster IT's, there would be a lot of potential for collisions until, and unless, people learned the concept of "slower traffic keep right" on sidewalks.

Maybe college campuses, as Clark mentioned, would be the first big market. If skate boards and bicycles are allowed to mix with pedestrians as is the case on many campuses, why not 10mph electric machines?
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