Many thanks to GM and Segway (they're still in business?) for proving the point I made in he Cap in Trade thread:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...egway-gm_N.htm
This is the dumbest goddamn idea I've ever heard of.
1) It's top speed is 35 mph, so it' basically limited to densely populated city travel. So city people never need to go out of town? They don't take public transport if it's available in these areas? What about L.A.? How will this work with the large, highway based cities? Even Phildelphia is a stretch for this. This still fails the same way the segway fails... because it still only replaces foot traffic and people would rather just walk or take public transport when they need to.
2) It seats two people with little to no storage. Don't city folk have kids? What about shopping and the need to haul shit? You've eliminated families from your market base and it tends to be those with families who have the expendable income to afford frivolous shit like this.
3) It has zero safety features beyond a computer that "will never let you crash". So you'll teleport if a Hummer bears down on you? It isn't intended to work on existing roads... thats right... not only is this a terrible idea, but it will require local, state and national governments as well as private institutions to create brand new infrastructure specifically for this one horrible idea that no one wants or asked for.
This shit blows my fucking mind. GM partnered with Segway on this? Is this what the federal government believes will save the auto-industry? A two seater Segway????? REALLY, YOU FUCKING OBLIVIOUS MORONS??? I apologize for swearing, but I'm actually restraining myself right now.
It boggles the mind to think that GM/the government think that partnering with this company (who's biggest success was a product cameo in
Paul Blart Mall Cop) will save them.
Segway's P.U.M.A.
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