# Are Segways a Flop?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-segways-a-flop/829860>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-segways-a-flop/829860 "2019-02-19T23:46:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-segways-a-flop/829860/41 "2019-02-22T01:21:23Z")

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> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#):
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> This might be where the Segway lost its appeal.
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> [http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39377851/ns/world\_news-europe/t/segway-company-owner-rides-scooter-cliff-dies/](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39377851/ns/world_news-europe/t/segway-company-owner-rides-scooter-cliff-dies/)

> [@mixdenny](#):
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> And didn’t one of the company execs veer off course and go over a cliff a few years ago? That should put a damper on sales.
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> Dennis

_BUT THEN_

> [@Mikemike2](#):
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> …and we have been on tours at the Grand Canyon…

:eek:

(no but actually [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=gob+on+a+segway&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU06GBlc7gAhVDHTQIHRGrBgQQ_AUIDigB&biw=859&bih=715) probably hurt sales more than anything.)

> [@enipla](#):
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> If I have to stand still or in a line or something for a half hour, my back gives me a real problem. I could never do a job where you have to stand in one place. A long line that I have to wait in is torture for me.

Hell goodness yes to this. Straight standing for even, like, 15 min. can suck.

::wincing condescendingly at the total dorkiness of all you guys…Well, as I pedal away in my recumbent bike::

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**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-segways-a-flop/829860/42 "2019-02-23T13:34:42Z")

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I vote “failure”. In a practical sense they fell far short of changing the way we move around.

I actually saw one this past week, in the very long indoor walkway that ties together a local hospital and buildings of medical offices. It came up behind me and made a log of whirring noise, and I expected to be passed by a golf cart sort of multi person conveyance, so its noisiness for a single person transport surprised me. My first reaction was, “Oh yeah, I remember those!”

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