As soon as I heard the official name, I lost my will to live. God knows “segue” is misspelled “segway” often enough now. If these things ever get popular, the real spelling will go the way of the passenger pigeon.
“So stupid he fell off his Segway.”
Like do they make sidecars for old ladies to put their poodles in? And what happens if they have chihuahuas or pomeranians instead of poodles?
Don’t you mean the Passenger pydgyon?
You will take my Segway from me when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers!
Seriously, though, while the technology that produced this little device is amazing (what does it have, something like 5 gyroscopes in it? Neat!), I can’t see much practical use for them, especially in urban areas like NYC or LA.
You’d get soaked if you used it in the rain. You can’t carry much more than a briefcase when using it. Streets and sidewalks would still be congested; they’d just be congested with Segways, which would then probably make walking actually faster.
Not to mention the fact that the gummint simply and absolutely has to get involved. Safety features, restraining devices, registration, insurance. The boondoggle would be incredible.
They will probably become expensive toys for teens, college kids and yuppy-types. (“Hey, Brad, why don’t you drop by Saturday, Winnie and I are going Segging out in Mamaroneck.”)
But I admire your forethought, Chaim. A pre-emptive rant. You trendsetter, you!
E’ctually, the gubmint is already involved. I recall one bit in one of the articles that said OSHA was favorably impressed with the safety of the device. I’ll look around and find the specific quote.
From here:
I started a thread inspired by cmkeller and mrblue92’s ideas. It’s appropriately called Damn interstellar pirates!". So far it’s been getting some pretty interesting responses… Drop by, we’ve got soilent green for everybody! 
It’s the year 2001, and where are the flying cars?
I was promised flying cars!