SEGWAY COVERAGE

SEGWAY COVERAGE: The Washington City Paper has an interesting story on how journalists have hyped the Segway scooter. Apparently, few have seriously considered the implications of sidewalks full of people moving at up to 12 mph. I liked this bit:

If Segway driving moves out of the realm of the theoretical and becomes part of the traffic flow, reporters will adopt a more skeptical tone. But a few may have to get run over first.

Personally, this Segway thing seems like something for uber-geeks only. I don't think it will ever catch on with the car-driving, foot-walking public.