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Bush did fall off of one of those things, I read about it on cnn.com. But then again, it's president bush..... 
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Originally posted by Qbert:
I thought the mail carrier idea was pretty good. For a lot of the walking routes it would be perfect.
What about steps? I remember when I was a paperboy and a good number of homes had steps leading to the front door where the mailbox was. I don't know how the Segway can handle even a small flight of stairs.
Also, the big caveat to the Segway right now is the liability. Basically you're putting people on a moving, powered vehicle that can travel relatively fast. The more people use a Segway on the sidewalks, the more chance there is for collisions with pedestrians. Then again, people ride their bikes on sidewalks all the time, and life goes on, so who knows?
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Originally posted by ElKy:
Originally posted by hetfield:
Supposedly you can't fall over on one since the unit continuously adjusts for balance.
i thought i saw something somewhere that Bush fell over on one of those things.
thought i saw it here, but i could be wrong...usually i am.
The problem was that he forgot to turn it on  They don't self-balance too well if they're turned off.
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Those were pretty pimp. I wouldn't mind having one. They seem like a lot of fun.  -Bishop
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you could put one of those park bench spoilers on it and actually sit on it while you drive!
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Originally posted by hetfield:
What about steps? I remember when I was a paperboy and a good number of homes had steps leading to the front door where the mailbox was. I don't know how the Segway can handle even a small flight of stairs.
Also, the big caveat to the Segway right now is the liability. Basically you're putting people on a moving, powered vehicle that can travel relatively fast. The more people use a Segway on the sidewalks, the more chance there is for collisions with pedestrians. Then again, people ride their bikes on sidewalks all the time, and life goes on, so who knows?
These things have been out-lawed in a several cities already (mostly in California) - more to come.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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I can see it now. We are gonna need traffic lights, stop signs, and yeild signs in the work place. People zooming around on those in the office.
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The technology is migrating into wheelchairs, which is where it's really going to be amazing. I saw a thing on Dateline NBC last night about the prototype wheelchairs that normally rolled on four wheels but could balance on two, and in the process elevated the user to what we would consider a normal standing height. The balancing system was so good that one user caught a 25lb. weight tossed to him without toppling over, and he played catch with his kids.
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