At 12:31 PM 12/29/02 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online
> Trent Shipley wrote:
>
> > Opinion:
> >
> > Given:
> > It is right and proper that the disabled be able to use powered personal
> > mobility devices in pedestrian traffic.
> >
> > Resolved:
> > Therefore, in the interest of equity, anyone should be able to use
powered
> > personal mobility devices wherever they are allowed.
>
> Caveat: Most powered personal mobility devices used by the disabled, if
> not all, put the user's head at a lower height than the heads of
> full-grown pedestrians. I will agree with your resolution *provided*
> that all powered personal mobility devices have the user's head at a
> lower level than the average full-grown pedestrian.
>
Is there any benefit to that?
Personally, I'd rather be able to see them from farther away, especially in
a crowd.
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Bicycle flags.
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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