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Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil
This article is pretty interesting...
One problem with the Segway is that it sits on the fence between a "replacement for walking" and being a motorized scooter. The article points out that the last thing you want coming at you down a narrow Boston sidewalk is some 200 pound idiot, driving his 75 pound Segway, at 13 MPH straight at you.
Sure, the Segway loyalists will say "use the sidewalk key." Tell that to some stone headed Bostonian and he'll tell you what to use.
Go-Karts can be operated below 10 MPH, does that mean that we should drive around city sidewalks with them? Should the state set a speed limit on the sidewalk and have police run radar to catch Segway users using the fast keys? Police run radar on normal roads to keep other drivers safe from bad people. There's nothing other than Sidewalk Police or legislation that will keep Boston's pedestrains safe.
It all sound a little ridiculous doesn't it? Dean Kamen and the folks at Segway will have to think of something to get them around what the Segway really is: a high-tech Honda motor scooter. |
Mike- you do not know what you are talking about.
I use a segway to go 12+ miles 5 days a week. The segway is not a go-cart or "motor scooter". Why? Cause it does not move and opperate like one.
It moves and works like a human.
Why use a sidewalk key? When you can move sidewalk speed on the red key?
Do you own a segway? Do you use a segway?
You do no know what you are talking about- PERIOD