Segways banned in Britain

[i_am_Doug]

Originally Posted by Richard

[BTW, at 72" height and 215 lb., I am clearly overweight and borderline obese by CDC standards. So maybe I'll be one of the Segway-riding fat people myself.]

Im 16 and it says Im overweight...

Hmm I think the seg would be really great to ride to school, work ..I personally havent tryed one but i wanna.

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

1. A Segway can go faster than 3mph if the space is open. This means, instead of having everyone walking 3mph from A to B, once they hit an area that is opened up a little they can speed up. That means they would be spread out more, and the result is the sidewalk would not be as congested.

2. A Segway gives you more range. If you can ride, and ride up to 12mph in an open space, then instead of staying within a 1 or 2 block area for lunch, you could go 6 or 8 blocks, and still get back within your lunch hour. This means in areas that are dense and congested now during lunch (or rush) hour, the people would be spread out over a wider part of the neighborhood - they would have more options.

3. regarding floor space, I dont think the smaller version of the Segway takes up 3 times as much space as a person walking - maybe the bigger ones do?

Great point....