Comments on: Is the Segway like a scooter? http://fairmobility.com/2005/10/22/is-the-segway-like-a-scooter/ Exploring the world of mobility products, issues and fairness Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:27:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Is the Segway like a scooter? by: Trikke-Scooter-Goeroe http://fairmobility.com/2005/10/22/is-the-segway-like-a-scooter/#comment-2045 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:33:12 +0000 http://fairmobility.com/2005/10/22/is-the-segway-like-a-scooter/#comment-2045 Interesting post, thank you! I always like to read and write about this kind of transportation. Interesting post, thank you! I always like to read and write about this kind of transportation.

]]> Comment on Is the Segway like a scooter? by: C. Strathdee http://fairmobility.com/2005/10/22/is-the-segway-like-a-scooter/#comment-1129 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:30:44 +0000 http://fairmobility.com/2005/10/22/is-the-segway-like-a-scooter/#comment-1129 One of the major differences between the Segway and a disability scooter is that there is more control of the "vehicle" as it is flatter to the ground and has three or four wheel. The chance of a mobility scooter going out of control and hurting a pedestrian is remote, whereas a testosterone charged "cowboy" on a Segway trying to impress can injure many people when it goes out of control and the operator also becomes a "dead-weight" impact object as he is (or should I say was) standing. Once he loses control of the Segway and himself there are two object in motion looking for a victim. So, a Segway promoter want to refute this, saying that he is interested in getting around, not being a "jockey on a stick" then let him also buy a mobility scooter that he can use on the sidewalk. Hey, they even come in a racey candy-apple red. Last point, if you use a Segway, where are you going to put your laptop computer, answer your cell phone, listen to your ipod or carry your cup of coffee, when you need both of your hands to "control" your stick on wheels . Doesn't sound very practical to me!!!! One of the major differences between the Segway and a disability scooter is that there is more control of the “vehicle” as it is flatter to the ground and has three or four wheel. The chance of a mobility scooter going out of control and hurting a pedestrian is remote, whereas a testosterone charged “cowboy” on a Segway trying to impress can injure many people when it goes out of control and the operator also becomes a “dead-weight” impact object as he is (or should I say was) standing. Once he loses control of the Segway and himself there are two object in motion looking for a victim.

So, a Segway promoter want to refute this, saying that he is interested in getting around, not being a “jockey on a stick” then let him also buy a mobility scooter that he can use on the sidewalk. Hey, they even come in a racey candy-apple red.

Last point, if you use a Segway, where are you going to put your laptop computer, answer your cell phone, listen to your ipod or carry your cup of coffee, when you need both of your hands to “control” your stick on wheels . Doesn’t sound very practical to me!!!!

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