How do you deal with: how do you lock it?

[scotty1024]

So this one happened yesterday.

I've come back to my Segway after coming out of a local mall and a car comes sliding up next to the bike rack and stops. A guy leans out the window and asks "Hey man, how do you locks dat thang up?" :eek:

I'm non-plussed and explain that you loop the end of the cable around the rack's pole and ... "Naw man, I own one but the dealer didn't sell me no lock. How does it 'tach to the ride man?" (I'm approximating the spelling here)

So I explained to him that the dealer must have really cut the required new owner training short since he seemed to have skipped explaining about the built in GPS cellular Lojack.

He seemed confused "Da GPS whaaat?"

I explained that regular Lojack wasn't very effective because the police had to go looking for the car, they didn't actually know where it was. But since Segway's were electric and had huge batteries compared to cars they could be equipped with a cellphone the police could call and the GPS would tell them exactly where it was: even indoors!

His head pops back inside the window with a "Uh thanks" and they drive away (he was in the passenger seat).

I unlock the Segway and leave.

Is it just me or do all Segways come with this kind of unreality around them?

[segsurfer]

It sounds as if he/they stole a seg and you scared the s!#@ out of them. Don't be surprised if you hear about a stolen segway soon. If they've actually purchased a seg, the would know how to secure it.
-segsurfer

[rrc1962]

If they've actually purchased a seg, the would know how to secure it.


Or at least known that they don't come with built in GPS that can answer a cell phone. :)

[segsurfer]

Or at least known that they don't come with built in GPS that can answer a cell phone. :)

That too.:D
-segsurfer

[Gihgehls]

What sort of Segway do you have?

[SegwayDan]

Hey I'm wondering if these were the same guys stalking you earlier.

I'm betting they didn't know at first that you're "different" and that they were freaking you out during the "stalk."

I think they were just curious about the Segway. But when you gave them the line about the LoJack, they were "on to you." Or maybe thinking, "Dat dude's whacked out."

This whole experience must have been rather nerve-racking, but it's kinda funny in a way, too. I think you handled them pretty well.

[Five-Flags]

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But since Segway's were electric and had huge batteries compared to cars they could be equipped with a cellphone the police could call and the GPS would tell them exactly where it was: even indoors!
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Absolutely brilliant!!!:D:D:D

If they were planning to steal a Seg -- it's now the LAST thing on their mind; if they already have -- it'll show up by morning far away from them.:eek::eek:

You've done all owners a big favor. Hopefully they'll "warn" all their "associates" that it's a bad plan to steal a Segway.:rolleyes:

One can only hope...:):):)

[scotty1024]

This whole experience must have been rather nerve-racking, but it's kinda funny in a way, too. I think you handled them pretty well.

The ones I really really hate are the cars that slow down next to me and stalk along next to me.

Back in '96, back when Washington could trust me to operate a motor vehicle, for some reason I drew the attention of two bored teenagers. It was raining, around midnight and traffic was kind of moderate when I reached what I now call my personal Bermuda Triangle on I-405. (four Bad Things have happened to me in this 300 foot long stretch of I-405)

A car raced up with its high beams on. I thought it was the State Patrol as they have extra bright low beams that seem more like high beams, so I slowed down. Maybe that's what did it... anyway they pull up next to me, match speed and the next thing I know I've got cubed glass all over me followed by my brain trying to process a loud pop, smash and flash that seemed to have occurred all at once.

These punks were bored and out looking for fun by firing into a car to see what would happen.

I don't care how cool you are at the time but I'll bet you money that no one avoids the shakes when they do the CSI thing and see how close the bullet came.

It was a month later they used a sling shot with a steel ball bearing on a car with two 70-ish women in it. I suspect the loud noise of the .38 was tough on their ears so they moved on to the sling shot. The driver lost control and this time they didn't get away, they were chased and the State Patrol got 'em. Apparently they'd done it to 3 other cars as well. They were juvie's: slap on the wrist.

These followings have really shaken all that loose for me again. :(

[SegwayDan]

For your own well being, do your best to keep those incidents separate from each other in your mind for time, place, form, and event. That kind of mental baggage can really do you in.

Keep on gliding, man! You're to be commended for your courage. But I doubt of those brothers meant you any harm.