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"St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:11:30 -0400
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Hey Mag, I don't think Segways can go 20 m.p.h.    The fastest it can go
is 12.5, which is about the fastest a Bounder powerchair can go.

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>Segways are pretty dangerous and we've banned them in Oakland as the people
>who put forth in Sacramento classified them as sidewalk only vehicles, and that
>is what makes them dangerous, as they are virtually silent so a blind person
>with a cane and a spastic in a chair, or a child suddenly veers out into the
>pathway of the segway or an elderly person,  suddenly stop and you have a
>segway going 20 mph, and you have a crash! In my opinion they belong in the street
>like a bike.
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>Mag
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