Segway Getting Real-Life Tests

EReidJ writes: "washingtonpost.com (no registration required) has an article on real-life use of the new Segway scooters, including an update on some of the safety issues and where state laws currently are with use of the Segway. (20 states have specifically passed laws to allow the Segway on sidewalks.) Interesting read."

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[alexburke]

fp BIZATCHEZ!

eighth post!

[Anonymous Coward]

ep!

Re:eighth post!

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder how he pulled this one off!

Re:eighth post!

[Anonymous Coward]

Adds a WHOLE NEW DIMENSION to the game, doesn't it? MWAHAHAHAHAAAA (evil laughter)

Cheesecake Truck

[SweetAndSourJesus]

So then I got this idea about driving a cheesecake truck,
Because I figured at the end of the day I could take some of the leftover cheesecakes home,
And I love cheesecake.
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And they asked me if I could drive a truck,
And I said yes and they said you're hired.
So the next day I got in the truck with all the cheesecakes,
And I drove about a block and I just had to have a cheesecake.
So I pulled over and I opened the trunk and I got a cheesecake,
And I also took one for later,
And I took one for my friend Farmboy,
And I took one to bring home,
And by that time I had eaten one of the cheesecakes.
So I took another one.
Then I figured I might as well stop at my house to drop off all the cheesecakes.
So I take five cakes to eat on the way,
And I drive another block and a half to my house.
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I should point out by the way that all of these cheesecakes were very delicious.
Anyway, I decided that the only thing to do would be to eat all the
rest of the cheesecakes and hide the truck somewhere and leave town.
And I miss everybody a lot,
But I'm not really sorry,
Because they were very delicious cheesecakes.

Re:Segways are too dangerous to be on the sidewalk

[Anonymous Coward]

The bitch don't take a hint, does she?

Fucking hilarious:)

I am broke, because I am an open source haxor,

[Anonymous Coward]

but it doesn't matter: penguin ass wants to be free.

Re:segway seems too big

[Anonymous Coward]

fucking college students fucking up the world for everybody

Niggers

[Anonymous Coward]

sittin on da po'ch, sipping fo-ties.

NEWS BREAK: SLASHDOT SUCKS ASS

[cheese_wallet]

and so do you.

Re:NEWS BREAK: SLASHDOT SUCKS ASS

[Anonymous Coward]

so true, i do suck the occasional ass

Re:Call them what you will

[Anonymous Coward]

MOD THIS UP!!!!

Government Money

[Anonymous Coward]

Ronald Medford, the staff member who made these suggestions, has taken a government-approved sabbatical to work for Kamen's firm, DEKA Research & Development Corp., which created Segway.
...
To avoid conflict of interest, Bridge said, the government continues to pay Medford's salary ($138,200 a year)...

Uhh... Does it bother anyone else that the government is paying this guy a heck of a lot of money to... not work for the government?

Re:Segways are too dangerous to be on the sidewalk

[Anonymous Coward]

if i posted anonymously i woulda said that, cause yes, im a fat slob who doesnt shower. i weight like 375 or 400, ass wiping is hard so its just natural

Re:It's actually pretty safe

[Anonymous Coward]

Fucking tool

Re:Specifically passed the law? Huh?

[shinzo]

easy to make a quote look stupid or illogical when you present it out of context, isn't it?

Re:How far can you lean forward?

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Re:It's actually pretty safe

[dtjohnson]

..."Second, the junior engineer there, a year out of UNH, made a point of running over the senior engineers toes many times. No injury, he was walking around fine. Third, he also made a point of running into the senior engineer a number of times. Getting hit by one of those things is no worse then getting hit by someone who weighs 75 pounds more then you do."

Why isn't the senior engineer running into the junior engineer and over his toes instead of the other way around? In my day, both the senior engineer and the junior engineer would have been running into an engineering tech while playing chicken on duelling Gingers. What's wrong with the kids these days anyway??