More Cities May Ban Segways
from the go-east... dept
Ever since San Francisco announced they were thinking of banning the Segway scooter from its sidewalks, cities all around Northern California are coming forward and saying that they don't want the damn things cruising around their streets either. It seems like it was only a matter of time until the Segway backlash went into full swing. Dean Kamen and his army of lobbyists might want to take a quick trip out west to knock some sense into these local legislators.
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Hmmm...
Does anyone actually think segway will succeed at all?
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Sense?
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FUD
Of course it it just seems like the politicians have a lot better things they could be doing that passing laws making something illegal before there's any indication of a problem. Of course it's all about knee jerk reactions and trying to make it look like you care about people while squeezing them for every dime you can.
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