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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!l2g2000vba.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <25ebbfca-7b47-4363-a26d-48b84b3b56ae@l2g2000vba.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Freedom of Information - Segway Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:47:59 -0700 (PDT) References: <2aca6bc8-725f-4e4a-868e-0df5fd12008a@n30g2000vba.googlegroups.com>   Lines: 26 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.156.150.242 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1245581279 22762 127.0.0.1 (21 Jun 2009 10:47:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:47:59 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: l2g2000vba.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.156.150.242; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060215 Firefox/3.0.11 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2411 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:710977

On Jun 20, 11:34=A0pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:29:57 -0700, "burtthebike" > >  wrote: > >For once the DfT had it right. =A0How could they possibly prosecute cycl= ists > >for riding on the footpath if they have approved fitness-challenged peop= le > >from riding a Segway on the footpath, posing a greater danger to > >pedestrians? > > I have only ever seen one Segway in the UK, on the psychlepaths round > Hyde Park. =A0The rider did not look to be disabled and was certainly > not obese. Of course, he was disadvantaged by looking like a complete > knob, but as a lycra-user I can't really diss him for that.

"Diss"? Wow, middle-aged freak-blob Crapman's really down with the kids. Just like his daddy was.

I wonder whether the car-haters would hate Segways or not if they took off? I think they probably would, since they are powered private transport, and that's what the car-haters object to.

Mind you, I don't see a problem with Segways using cycle lanes since cyclists never use them.