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Make (plenty of) way for Segway

By Phil Hochmuth
Network World Fusion, 09/11/02

On a walk back to the hotel from the show yesterday, my colleague and I came across a helmeted man riding one of those Segway scooters down the street.

Segways are motorized electric scooter-like devices that are being billed as a "local transportation solution." They are being considered by the U.S. Post Office, and other businesses that rely on employees who spend a lot of time walking. The device looks like a futuristic dolly, and uses gyroscopes to sense what direction the rider wants to go.

The Segway jockey we saw seemed a little wobbly on the thing as he jerked the device along, careening around the sidewalk. A few people standing on street corner ogled and pointed at the man, some of them laughing. My colleague and I stayed on the other side of the street out of harm's way.

The future of personal transportation folks.




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