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Segway Hits the Auction Block

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the battery-going-going-gone dept.

fmita writes: "Amazon.com is auctioning off 3 Segways to the public. The proceeds are to go to a foundation started by the inventor. These are the first Segways to go to the public. Since there are only three, they sure aren't cheap." Women drool over a man on a Segway.

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  1. Re:Easy to ride? by dhovis · · Score: 5, Informative
    I thought these things were supposed to be easy, and intuitive to ride. I wonder how long the training is.

    I'm sure the training involves more than just how to hop on and go. There is probably some maintenance that must be done.

    One of the things I remember reading about the Segway company is that they were developing a set of "rules of the road" for their scooters. People will start cursing the scooters if the people who use them just drive like assholes all the time and don't follow any expected rules. They probably will be tring to stress those rules on the early purchasers so the scooter itself does not get a bad reputation.

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  2. I rode one by cprincipe · · Score: 5, Informative

    The balancing system is generally very forgiving. If you run into a curb or some similar obstacle, it will generally stop forward movement altogether, giving you the choice to climb it or go around it.

    I can't speak however for what would happen if you were barreling ahead at full speed and not watching where you are going. The Segway is not a mountain bike, so if you try to abuse it you will get the same results as when you abuse any other piece of machinery. Just as you would pay attention when using a bicycle or a car to the state of the path in front of you, you need to pay attention to what's going on in front of you on a Segway.

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