| Author | Message | ||
| Robin Overcash (Robin)
Junior Member Username: Robin Post Number: 106 Registered: 1-2003 |
There's a woman at the building I used to work at who rides one. She has some sort of degenerative condition, so she can barely walk. She used to use a walker and seemed pretty miserable, but has a Segway now and is apparently doing much better... except for the fact that the DC metro system wouldn't let her ride it in the metro station. She's fighting the issue, but the fact that the darn thing ran itself off the platform and onto the tracks isn't helping her case. I think it's good for people like her though. If I ever saw an able bodied person riding one, I'd have to smack them. Can't remember who said it, but the greatest line about this thing is "Segway.... revolutionizing the way people get hit by cars." -R | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Intermediate Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 1048 Registered: 9-2001 |
www.segwaychat.com LOL!!! | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 923 Registered: 11-2002 |
Last thing we need is lanes and traffic lights at sidewalks. I'm really lazy, but I don't see myself using this thing unless it's for fun or for warehouse use where you can haul stuff with relative ease. Cheers | ||
| BobD (Bobd)
Intermediate Member Username: Bobd Post Number: 1252 Registered: 3-2001 |
These things cost $5K. Remember when $5k could buy you 2 1/2 brand new VW Bugs??? | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
Advanced Member Username: Countachxx Post Number: 2613 Registered: 2-2001 |
Its made for preserving calories and fat, cant have skinny Americans now can we ?  | ||
| Randall (Randall)
Member Username: Randall Post Number: 522 Registered: 1-2003 |
Places are already banning them. Passing laws against all wheeled vehicles on sidewalks except for use by handicapped people. Hawaii just banned gas powered scooters on public roads and sidewalks, and I've heard they're after electric ones next. | ||
| Jack (Gilles27)
Member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 992 Registered: 3-2002 |
I see all these grown men in suits riding their little razor scooters from the train to the office, and they look like fools. I can only imagine the scene the first time someone "segways" into a construction worker. | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Advanced Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 3158 Registered: 6-2001 |
As long as i am able to walk, i will. | ||
| JT (Mightymagician)
Junior Member Username: Mightymagician Post Number: 60 Registered: 11-2002 |
I've seen them too and they are amazing machines, but im not sure of their purpose outside of a commercial environment unless it is for the disabled. I can see a bunch of people crashing into each other, running over walkers, and having issues with storage and security. and man are they expensive! | ||
| Jack (Gilles27)
Member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 987 Registered: 3-2002 |
Saw one in use today, but by a private citizen. The operator was a fully able-bodied, middle aged man negotiating it through a densely crowded touristy area of Chicago. He continuously bumped into people, who who would initially looked annoyed. But upon seeing what ran them over, a look of awe and amazement would wash over their faces. Now, I hope this company does wonders for the mobility of the less-abled. But as more and more of these things hit the sidewalks, fulfilling the American dream of actually walking as little as possible, trouble won't be far behind. I guess I find it ironic that a company develops a product to assist the disabled, yet its greatest appeal is to the able. |