Segway into the Work Week

Here we see a police officer on one of two Segway Personal Transporters owned by the City of Greensboro. According to Wikipedia, a Segway is, "a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen. It is produced by Segway, Inc. of New Hampshire, USA." The Segway was unveiled in 2001 and is designed to mimic humans walking. It balances upright; when the rider leans forward, the vehicle rolls forward. Learn more about them here or here. The two officers using the Segways this weekend at the Day of the Children Festival in Center City Park seemed adept at maneuvering them. 

As language lovers, we want to tell you that the homophone "segue" in Italian and Portuguese means "follows" or "a smooth transition." That line down the road is leading us straight to Mellow Yellow Monday!

 

Comments

[Steffen]

Cool shot. I'd like to go with a Segway too. It must be funny. I've heard about special tourist guides with Segways in Germany...

[Steffe]

Ha, smoking and wearing shorts. And on a Segway, not something you would see where I live! Great snap.

[Gemma]

Amazing looking vehicle! It looks like a toy in some ways or an upended push mower in others! But if it works safely, that's what really matters!

[Greensboro Daily Photo]

Please note, the officer is NOT smoking! I actually think that white line is something on the back of the building. I was talking to this officer. He was very respectful and did NOT have a cigarette in his mouth!

Jan
GDP

[Jack Hart]

Looks pretty stupid to me! (Not the officer himself...just him on a Segway.
Of course the Segway was a fad item that came and went years ago! What a waste of money!

[Liz]

He's cool! Happy MYM!

Liz @ MLC

[Manang Kim]

I saw that when we were in Mellinium Park, Chicago. It look very cool. Happy Monday!

MYM~Forsythia
MacroMonday~Teacup
BlueMonday~Blue socks

[Ellie]

This kind of transportation looks unnatural. My eye still needs to get used to it.