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Re:Segway was supposed to change the world. Two decades late... by njarboe on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:31AM (#18374737)
A person on a scooter is barely bigger than just a person. They stand maybe 4 inches higher. They are like like a person running. A bit annoying and going too fast, but not that big a deal. A bike going the same speed is a much bigger object.
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Re:Segway was supposed to change the world. Two decades late... by masonic on Sunday November 04, 2018 @08:45PM (#18379205) 

  They are like like a person running.
You've clearly never seen a scooter clip a person's ankle and break it. I have. The point of contact is not torso to torso, it's metal to ankle.

It's common here for scooter retrievers to stack multiple scooters crosswise on the driven scooter's floorboard when carrying back for charging or deployment, making it a 3+ foot wide wrecking platform.

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