Hello from Switzerland

[srzbae]

I live in Zurich, Switzerland

Though I do not own a Segway, I will get to use an I2 for free for 5 weeks: the ETH (Technical University in Zurich) is doing a study about the use of Segways as a means of transportation in cities.
They asked the company I work for to provide 30 employees who will commit themselves to test a Segway for commuting to work and back from September 1st to October 6.
It all starts next Thursday afternoon with a 3 1/2 hour training session.

By the way, in Switzerland, the Segway has to be equipped with a Swiss Road Kit comprising lights (powered by a small battery) and a licence plate holder. They have to be licenced in the small motorcycle category and require the corresponding driver's licence (cat A1 in Europe). They are also limited do 15 km/h.

[mark1qhorsey]

Good luck with your study. There has been one similar
study done in Quebec, Canada (see Segway's web site
for a citation). Otherwise, how is the ETH going to
limit their test PTs to 9.36 mph?
Can the PT be down-rated in that way?
My own feeling is that 20.11 kph is pretty nice but
still too slow.

Originally Posted by srzbae

I live in Zurich, Switzerland

Though I do not own a Segway, I will get to use an I2 for free for 5 weeks: the ETH (Technical University in Zurich) is doing a study about the use of Segways as a means of transportation in cities.
They asked the company I work for to provide 30 employees who will commit themselves to test a Segway for commuting to work and back from September 1st to October 6.
It all starts next Thursday afternoon with a 3 1/2 hour training session.

By the way, in Switzerland, the Segway has to be equipped with a Swiss Road Kit comprising lights (powered by a small battery) and a licence plate holder. They have to be licenced in the small motorcycle category and require the corresponding driver's licence (cat A1 in Europe). They are also limited do 15 km/h.

[srzbae]

"Otherwise, how is the ETH going to
limit their test PTs to 9.36 mph?"

Well it's easy: this is a function of the Swiss Road Kit

[srzbae]

The implementation of the speed limit is NOT a function of the Swiss Road Kit:
Speed 2 (Normal) is set to 15 km/h via Infokey before delivery.

[cadavev]

wow thats fantastic should be interesting. Enjoy it.

[srzbae]

And the best news is: we can buy the Seg at the end of the study for 35% off

[Bob.Kerns]

Originally Posted by srzbae

And the best news is: we can buy the Seg at the end of the study for 35% off

Wonderful!

If you could let us know about any papers that get written from the study, I'm sure many of us would appreciate it.

[greenmoove]

Originally Posted by srzbae

The implementation of the speed limit is NOT a function of the Swiss Road Kit:
Speed 2 (Normal) is set to 15 km/h via Infokey before delivery.

Hello,

Do you think that the speed can then be bypassed by using another key ? if not what is the solution to do it ?

Thanks and have nice glides.

S.

[srzbae]

Originally Posted by greenmoove

Hello,

Do you think that the speed can then be bypassed by using another key ? if not what is the solution to do it ?

Thanks and have nice glides.

S.

You can change it on the Infokey (which of course I did). And the second Infokey came with the standard settings.

R.

[C3RS]

Originally Posted by srzbae

The implementation of the speed limit is NOT a function of the Swiss Road Kit:
Speed 2 (Normal) is set to 15 km/h via Infokey before delivery.

like this...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6k...down-spee_tech