SegwayChat - View Single Post - people renting segways the wrong way? -bad for us?

sfh1790 · 05-28-2003, 01:24 AM

pt -

I share your concerns. Any new technology has a certain time to be accepted...or discredited. We live in an age when "spin" is everything.

As it happens, I live a few blocks from the park pt talks about, and am probably the only daily Segway user in the local area. I've talked to dozens of people in the neighborhood, and feel like I've made a personal investment in this new technology.

The Segway rental business is a quick-buck operation, IMO. It isn't about exploring transportation alternatives (as with the Keolis group in France). It seems to be about using the "wow" factor to make a short-term profit.

I would urge the members of this mailing list to remember that we have a unique opportunity to fix the image of an important and innovative transportation technology in the public mind.

Let's not throw it away.

sfh1790
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05-28-2003, 01:24 AM	#22
sfh1790 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, Wa, USA. Posts: 67	pt - I share your concerns. Any new technology has a certain time to be accepted...or discredited. We live in an age when "spin" is everything. As it happens, I live a few blocks from the park pt talks about, and am probably the only daily Segway user in the local area. I've talked to dozens of people in the neighborhood, and feel like I've made a personal investment in this new technology. The Segway rental business is a quick-buck operation, IMO. It isn't about exploring transportation alternatives (as with the Keolis group in France). It seems to be about using the "wow" factor to make a short-term profit. I would urge the members of this mailing list to remember that we have a unique opportunity to fix the image of an important and innovative transportation technology in the public mind. Let's not throw it away. sfh1790 [email protected]