This & That, Ceci et Cela

Ever wanted to trip a cop?

Jan 16th, 2004 1:00am
Police at Midway and O'Hare airports will patrol in an unusual fashion: on Segways, two-wheeled, electric-powered, self-balancing scooters. Touted as the wave of the future on their release in 2001, Segways never really caught on. (Urban trend-setters complain that they are heavy and expensive.) But America's municipal governments have been unexpectedly enthusiastic. Atlanta; Seattle; Los Angeles; Hartford, Connecticut; Lexington, Kentucky; Ocala, Florida; and now Chicago have all put the Segways ...

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