Segways and other self balanced conveyances

[speedog]

So this past Thursday morning I noticed a guy riding a self balancing electric mono wheel NB on 9th Street NE just south of McKnight. What stuck out in my mind as how un-noticeable he was - no lights, no reflectors, no reflective materials and it was still dark enough that it was difficult to actually see him.

That left me wondering how safe his choice of transportation is, how quickly can one of those things stop if someone turns out in front of him or are they highly manoeuvrable? His speed was surprisingly fast, enough so that if he had collided with a vehicle that he most likely would've been injured quite seriously.

[bjstare]

Pretty highly manoeuvrable.

Also, based on your word choice in the thread title, I now assume you look and speak like Mr. Burns.

[SKR]

Speedog enjoys all youthful endeavors, such as piloting motorcoaches and picking up dog waste.

[KPHMPH]

Self leveling forms of transportation are in the same category as golf carts.... your not allowed to use them on public streets / sidewalks in Calgary.

[speedog]

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Speedog enjoys all youthful endeavors, such as piloting motorcoaches and picking up dog waste.

I do? Must be doing it in my sleep.

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Pretty highly manoeuvrable.

Also, based on your word choice in the thread title, I now assume you look and speak like Mr. Burns.

What would you call them?

[msommers]

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Speedog enjoys all youthful endeavors, such as piloting motorcoaches and picking up dog waste.

Holy fuck

[g-m]

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Self leveling forms of transportation are in the same category as golf carts.... your not allowed to use them on public streets / sidewalks in Calgary.

I see a guy quite often DT who works in the stock exchange building on a mono. He wears a full face silver helmet and looks like George Jetson

[bjstare]

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I see a guy quite often DT who works in the stock exchange building on a mono. He wears a full face silver helmet and looks like George Jetson

lol, that was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this thread. I just saw that dude last week.

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Here for speedog. Excellent.

[firebane]

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I see a guy quite often DT who works in the stock exchange building on a mono. He wears a full face silver helmet and looks like George Jetson

That helmet is about as safe as wearing tin foil. Simply doing it for the lulz.

[ExtraSlow]

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That helmet is about as safe as wearing tin foil. Simply doing it for the lulz.

Which is an awesome reason.

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[suntan]

I saw Kent Hehr downtown a couple of weeks ago, motorin' in his conveyance.