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by nhooey 5833 days ago
Also most important, a car has heat and a car has air conditioning. There are parts of Canada that are so horribly cold in the winter that it's unbearable to walk around even if you're all bundled up. It would be even worse on a Segway because you wouldn't be generating body heat with your muscles.

Waiting for the bus really sucks in cold places in the winter, way more than when it's too hot in the summer.

Maybe if everyone had personal super-small Popemobiles that went slow enough they were no more a threat to pedestrians than bicycles.