A Killer App For Segway

cameronk writes "The NYT reports that Segway is developing a growing popularity with people who are mobility-impaired. My 94 year-old grandfather is too proud to use a wheelchair, yet too fragile to walk. The Segway seems like an ideal way for him to maneuver about."

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Old People Drivers! Run for your Lives!@

[Mulletproof]

Wait wait wait wait... These are the same people we don't want having licences, let alone 12mph 200lb maybe balancing vehicals. I mean, putting aside all of our saftey for the moment, I'd be seriously worried about theirs. I suspect any older person who can competently use it without fear of their saftey due to either mental or physical deficiencies doesn't really need one to begin with. i mean, putting aside the issues of balance, coordination, eyesight, hearing, frailty, judgement... Frankly, I'd rather em be in something that will keep them upright if they fall asleep suddenly.

Maybe a the last was a tad over the top, but you get the idea... Lawsuit freakin city. I've seen southpark and the old people episode as well as the segway anal plug episode. Oh. Hell. No.