Louis Buck's golf cart

[Frances Morey]

Connie,
When the very reverend Louis Buck was relegated to a PEV, due to his girth,
he had to go all the way up to a golf cart. I don't think the 4' sidewalk
would have made it with a golf cart wheelbase. Louis rode it around
Sangarunde Halle at some event and very nearly ran over my foot, which would
have been disastrous if I hadn't been able to get clear in time.
With Americans getting fatter and fatter, many more of these devises will be
pressed into service, and we ambulatory types will all need to start wearing
steel toed boots.
Frances

On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 08:37:51 -0800 (PST), Connie Clark wrote:

>  
>  --- Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@ando.pair.com> wrote:
>   He has a contract
>  > with the Post Office for the Segway; we may
>  > soon see mailmen delivering the mail on these
>  > scooters.
>  >
>  
>  Mike,
>  Hooray for this guy. I've been following the
>  development of electric, or personal electric vehicles
>  (p.e.v.) for a few years, as I believe that they hold
>  a lot of promise for alternatives to the auto for
>  short trips.  The grocery store is 2 blocks from my
>  house, and I'm embarassed to say that I drive there.
>  
>  You can get a fine and dandy sit-down electric scooter
>  with a cute basket on the back (no gyroscope) for
>  about $400 at Sam's; the stand-up ones are about $200
>  at K-Mart.
>  
>  The problem comes of course with the issue of where to
>  ride them.  I hope that the post office will get it
>  settled as to whether they are a walking alternative,
>  or car alternative.  In other words, on the sidewalk
>  or in the street.
>  
>  Electric bicycles are legal in the street like other
>  bikes; and on bike trails.  The conflict between bikes
>  and peds is already a hot topic on our growing
>  inventory of bike trails.  Certainly there will be
>  conflict between the Segway users (or regular scooter
>  users) and peds on 4' sidewalks.  btw, wheel chair
>  advocates are already pushing a new federal standard
>  of 5'sidewalks (practically a done deal).  Maybe that
>  isn't even wide enough.
>  
>  I'm enthusiastic about the emergence of pev
>  transportation, and glad to see Kamen get national
>  press coverage.
>  
>  Another interesting transportation innovation is the
>  Taxi 2000, which should have some good specific
>  applications in downtowns.  They have a good,
>  informative web site.
>  
>  Connie
>  
>  
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