Law Takes Segways Off Sidewalks With Nowhere To Go
Segways are popular options for tours through the Mile High city, but using Segways around the state may soon get a lot tougher.
Gov. Ritter signed the bill into law which bans them on our sidewalks. This law limits where Segways can go.
For nearly 3 years Colorado Adventure Segway Tours has been escorting tourists along the sidewalks of Denver.
"Generally speaking we take up no more room than somebody walking," says Larry Reynolds with Colorado Adventure Segway Tours. "We are quite slow."
The Segways will have to ride in the streets along with the bikes and other modes of transportation.
Maggie Thompson is with the advocacy group Bicycle Colorado which backed the legislation.
"The intention of this law is to allow the users of these vehicles to actually use them someplace," says Thompson. "Currently they are prohibited from all public roadways, roads, bicycle paths and sidewalks.
The owner of the segway tours business disagrees.
"It's been in never-never land in the sense that it didn't fit anywhere," says Reynolds. "Basically we're pedestrians with wheels on."
Thursday, May 28, 2009
No Segways on Sidewalks in Colorado
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