Police Don't Want To Give Up Recalled Segways
from the just-one-more-day,-please? dept
Despite the well-known Segway recall last week, a police department in Juneau, Alaska is asking if they can keeping using their Segways for now, if they promise to charge up the batteries (the recall was because batteries on a low charge could cause people to fall off the machines). What's odd, is that the police department doesn't even own these Segways. They're testing them out for a couple of months and will make a decision when they're done. In the meantime, it sounds like they're so hooked on the scooters that the idea of giving them up to get the problem fixed is too difficult to handle.
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Can you get snow tires for segways?
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Re: SEgway Snow Tires
Michelin, heavily siped soft rubber compound, and
are drilled for studs. Work great in low traction
conditions.
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Easy Cop Upgrade Cycle:
Jesus... has the fine art of constructive lying finally died or what?
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