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May 14, 2008
Segways: Gas Crunch Solution for Fat Cops?
It's hard being a visionary; nobody knows you're right until well after you did, and by then it may be too late.
Take Dean Kamen, for example. Inventor of over 27.3 million different gizmos, his much-maligned Segway was supposed to redefine how we think of cities.
It didn't. Not even close.
Now, more than seven years after its debut, they're still quite rare.
Well, they're going to be a little less rare, at least in one Ohio town. Hamilton has bought several Segways for its police force to patrol the streets in...er, on...whichever.
My question is this: if Hamilton wanted to buy something for its officers to use that reduced energy costs, why not just buy them bicycles? Five grand will get you a really nice mountain bike. Or three.
Posted by Craig in Cars
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