San Francisco Outlaws Segways

San Francisco is the first city to ban the Segway Human Transporter on its sidewalks.

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January 21, 2003, 11:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In hilly San Francisco, where pedestrians must navigate not only rough pavement, news racks and homeless people, officials feared the battery-powered Segways would cause more problems than they would solve, particularly for the disabled and senior citizens...Segway officials, however, say Segways have been tested for 100,000 hours on city streets across the nation without injury."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Segway Hits City Roadblock

Monday, January 20, 2003 in Wired

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