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4Seg
08-18-2003, 12:02 AM
http://www.stlsegway.com/images/segwaysign.gif

I just couldn't refuse it!!! St. Louis is definitely a Segway town!

Who knows?

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PoloAk
08-18-2003, 12:46 AM
rock on w/ your bad self! but you shouldn't have told us it was fake!


CZWMDV,

Kelsey
4Seg
08-18-2003, 03:24 AM
quote:Originally posted by PoloAk

rock on w/ your bad self! but you shouldn't have told us it was fake!


CZWMDV,

Kelsey




I couldn't refuse it. ;) I had a bit of time on my hands. (I have been meaning to create it for a while.)


be keen, keep clean, glide green.
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Ninja
08-18-2003, 04:10 AM
So, so, so cool !
I can't wait to see the real thing...

Aloha,
Randy
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Deviant
08-18-2003, 10:55 AM
Actually, I can envision a sign having a pedestrian and a Segway both lit. When the time expires for walking, the "no" circle/cross appears over the pedestrian. Then a little later, the same for the glider.
ElectraGlide
08-18-2003, 09:28 PM
There are too many people on this site with way too much time on their hands !!! LOL . But I love it....actually you should put some pedestrians about 6 paces behind the Segway !

Steve
Peter iNova
08-18-2003, 11:28 PM
One of the more annoying practices by many traffic control planners is the insistance that a pedestrian stroll over to a button and press it in order to inform the traffic lights that he or she is there. Cars don't have to stroll over to a button because there are sensors in the road that detect their presence.

But if you hadn't noticed, you don't have to stroll over to a button to tell many business doors to open for you and the detection devices that identify the presence of someone wanting to go in or out of a door are not expensive.

The button burdon is especially eggregious for folks on crutches, using walkers, or rolling in wheelchairs. What is it that has allowed this "you're on foot: so you must OPERATE something to get across the street" -thinking to become established?

What huge savings in traffic efficiency does this bring to the world--holding up pedestrians in service of automobile traffic? Shouldn't the button requirement only be reserved for places where the presence of a pedestrian is a rare occurance? Shouldn't the assumption be that pedestrians are to be served first, automatically and that a pressed button would trigger some quick response (they don't) or extend the cycle for the person on foot (they don't)?

As Jerry Seinfeld would say, "What's with THAT?"

-iNova
(PS: This opinion predates HT ownership by decades.)

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4Seg
08-19-2003, 11:33 PM
iNova, I never thought of that. yeah, "What's with THAT?". Those sensors would be more reliable and probably cost less. Great observation.

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MattM
08-23-2003, 03:25 AM
How about this. For a don't glide sign the red sad face of the segway. and for a do glide sign, the green happy face of the segway. :D
4Seg
08-23-2003, 03:37 AM
quote:Originally posted by MattM

How about this. For a don't glide sign the red sad face of the segway. and for a do glide sign, the green happy face of the segway. :D


That's a good one. I'm wondering if we can get dhugger to create one?


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