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Originally Posted by Stu Bloom
...The Segway is NOTHING like any other existing mode of transportation - you can't lump them in with skateboards, bikes, scooters, etc...
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i think that he's right in lumping all of them together. they are vehicles that are designed to be operated by
people. i have yet to see anyone suggest that a segway is inherently dangerous in itself. off of segways, people make mistakes and miscalculations, and bump into each other trip etc. now if some nimrod on a crowded city sidewalk makes a miscalculation and bumps into somebody while going 12 miles an hour...
if a law says that segways shouldn't be allowed on the sidewalk, it isn't targeting segways, its aimed at the
people who operate them.
personally, i think that the people who are trying to get segways allowed on bike paths, and in bike lanes. from there, they should join with the biking community, and attempt to encourage the construction of more bike lanes and paths in our city. but then again, that may be because i'm partial to another environmentally friendly, two-wheeled, self balancing vehicle...
