Segway Banned In San Francisco

bhsurfer writes "The city of San Francisco has banned the Segway [CNN.com] from it's sidewalks before they've even arrived. Apparently Santa Cruz, Oakland and San Mateo are considering a ban as well. What a bunch of spoilsports...or are they? Any thoughts on this?" According to the article, hiring high-powered lobbyists may have backfired. but the city claims safety concerns are behind the decision.

Comments

Re:I hope they banned bikes on their sidewalks too

[tx_mgm]

youre not supposed to ride bikes on sidewalks! youre supposed to ride them in the street!
as for the segway, i think they should wait for it to be a problem before wasting their time banning it....i mean, how many of these things did they anticipate being on the sidewalks anyway?

Danger Mobile

[Wyatt Earp]

Saw a Segway friday evening in Portland OR.

The operator was driving down the street at night.

No lights. No reflectors. Grey vehicle out in traffic and no helmet on operator.

I'd ban the damned things too.

Re:I still don't get it.

[marko123]

No, you got it all right. Years ago, when they were spouting, "Cities will be redesigned around this invention!" we thought that it would be so great, that the cost of redesigning a city was well worth it. What they actually meant, was that it has no place in today's cities. Doh!