Seven Reasons The Segway Still Sucks

With gas prices on the up, apparently the Segway is becoming a hot commodity. Well if you listen to the Wall Street Journal. Heck, Popular Mechanics even ran a list yesterday called "4 Practical Reasons the Segway Isn't Actually That Lame Anymore." We read it and you know what? It really irked our auto-loving nature. Because frankly, the Segway sucks. Yeah, sure, Dean Kamen's probably seen more of his inventions move from patent to reality than Tesla and Bell combined. But he also believed the Segway was his one invention that would revolutionize urban design, personal transportation and even electrical grids. But despite the utopia-creating case he's made for his adorable little one-stander, there're many more reasons why he was just plain wrong — and even a few for why it just sucks. Here's seven of those reasons: More »