Yeah, it only costs $5k for a segway.



Fred Hillhouse wrote:

> Then maybe the commuter trains in the US will actually make a profit.
>
> Now if my car only goes 15 MPH, it would take me 3 hours to get to work and
> I would take the train. Oops, there is no train between here and there.
>
> How about a Segway for all the commutes less than 4 miles or so? And at 12
> MPH, no need for the spike. :^)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Mike Hawkshaw
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:24 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Road safety
>
>
> In my opinion, seat belts and air bags have had a detrimental effect on road
> saftey. All such devices should be outlawed, to be replaced with an 8 inch
> steel spike sticking out of the centre of the steering wheel.
>
> I recon the maximum speed anyone would do would be about 15MPH. Pedestrians
> would be able to go about their business in absolute saftey.
>
> Mike.
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