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OK i did not want to chime in on this real world situation but i have decided to explain an incident i have had while traveling through Boston on a Segway. The night after Beantown Blitz in June, I went out with Erin Rapacki through Boston to get across town on segways. While traveling down one of the major streets in Boston an accident occurred involving me. I was tailing Erin around a corner, I would say about 25 feet behind her. She Turned the corner and i followed not expecting anything other then a couple odd looks and ohh's and ahh's. Well i was almost hit by a bicycle messenger. As i turned the corner at close to top speed (12.5 MPH), the bicycle messenger notices me and slams his breaks. He lays the bike down and slide under his bike. As soon as i turned the corner and had noticed him i was able to perform an "emergency stop" and stop at that point. The Segway is able to stop within its own footprint, even go backward in a fraction of a second from full speed. Like other Segway owners and users have said, the Segway is a device that is unlike others. If i had to choose to travel in a pack of segways or likewise but only pedestrians, i would choose the pack of segways. I trust a Segway more on the road/sidewalk then i do pedestrians. I hope some more of you will understand that a Segway is not a dangerous vehicle and truly is a revolutionary device.