Got a chance to use a Segway today. It's pretty cool. You place your feet on the pedals and press down with your toes to go forward and lean back on your heels to slow down or go back. Top speed is 12 MPH. They cost $5,350. You can't use them on sidewalks in Berkeley and San Francisco; bike paths are OK. They probably suck in the rain or in high winds.
The Bay Area rapid transit system, BART, is temporarily banning them on its trains while it considers its long-term policy. A Segway owner lost control of one recently inside a station: the thing rolled itself onto the tracks, whereupon a BART train promptly ran over it.
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