Comments on Going to Amsterdam?

Come on!!!

Best Slog comment of all time.

They're not banning them, they're trying to find a way to license them. It's sort of the opposite.


The Traffic Agency's comment that "they don't have brakes, you lean back to brake them" is dull-headed. Segways slow down and stop; you just lean back; in cars you push your foot down. Splitting this hair reminds me how the Portland police ticket fixed-gear bikes (the ones that connect the pedals direct to the wheel). The police ticket them because "they don't have brakes" even though pushing back on the pedals will slow or stop the bike.

What good are Segway's anyway? Besides proving that someone can come up with mathematical algorithms to guarantee balance on a horizontal axle, they are pretty stupid. If you have two good feet to stand on a Segway, you can frickin' walk, fatass. Deka Designs other product, a funky stair-climbing wheelchair is significantly more useful. Anyway, why waste electricity travelling the streets of Amsterdam in a Segway, when you can bicycle? Sheesh.