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Gardaí on Segways.

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    DaveNoCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,760 ✭✭✭DaveNoCheese


    Paul Blart - Mall Cop, that is all!


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    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    Whatways? Give us back the good aul days of gards arriving en masse in transit vans and beating the sch1te out of scumbags.

    Segway is gheyway.


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    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Why are they wearing helmets? I thought they were designed so you don't fall off them?


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    Sauve
    Registered Users Posts: 22,646 ✭✭✭✭Sauve


    DaveNoCheese wrote: »
    Paul Blart - Mall Cop, that is all!

    Ah here- dont give them *that* much credit ffs!!


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    King Of Wishful Thinking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 179 ✭✭King Of Wishful Thinking


    The guy who owned the Segway company died on one - not the greatest of PR moves.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Why are they wearing helmets? I thought they were designed so you don't fall off them?
    They are. But people will always fall off things...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMvBL0AI1H4


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    SunnyDub1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭SunnyDub1


    Lazy Sh*ts :D


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    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    They were donated to AGS by the Dublin business association so cost the state nothing and they have proven effective in some 300 other cities around the world. What's the problem?


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    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Whats wrong with bikes or simply walking?

    That would bring down a severe case of blue flu, think of all the bellies and giant arses that would be lost through exercise :eek:


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    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,220 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    What they really need is lasers.

    Pew Pew


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    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Dublin Airport Police have has these gizmos for years btw


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    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    King Of Wishful Thinking wrote: »
    The guy who owned the Segway company died on one - not the greatest of PR moves.

    1) He bought out the company that did.
    2) He went over a cliff on it. I'm sure the results would be the same if he walked it.


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    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,059 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    2 Segways.. surely this heralds the end of crime in Dublin


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    RainMaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭RainMaker


    They'll make good door stops back at the station.

    After the "grand unveiling" I'd be surprised to see any on the streets - a bit like the Gardai in general.

    If they are chasing somebody who runs up/down stairs, what do they do then? Bit of an old Dalek problem really!


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    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    Quite possibly the most ridiculous form of wheeled transport since the Reliant Robin.


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    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,753 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    grafton street is too crowded to use them their methinks


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    Shenshen
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,453 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shenshen


    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    Quite possibly the most ridiculous form of wheeled transport since the Reliant Robin.

    That.
    As personal means of transport, they may make sense to individuals. But for supposed figures of authority, I've got my doubts.
    Maybe the hope is the criminals will laugh so hard they won't be able to run?


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    Franticfrank
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭Franticfrank


    I would have thought a bike would be more effective. The cops involved would get much needed exercise as well.


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    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    The next phase. :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY4msj5Q05Q


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    OldGoat
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    Where do Segways fit into the rules of the road? Are they powered bicycles? Can they use the pavement? If they are on the road should they not have indicators, mirrors, tax and insurance? Can they be fitted with umberellas when it rains? Decerning minds need to know this stuff.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    OldGoat wrote: »
    Where do Segways fit into the rules of the road? Are they powered bicycles? Can they use the pavement? If they are on the road should they not have indicators, mirrors, tax and insurance? Can they be fitted with umberellas when it rains? Decerning minds need to know this stuff.

    I believe they are not categorised in the rules of the road.

    They are not technically legal on the footpath or public roads and can only be used on private property.

    I would classify them somewhere between an electric scooter and pensioners mobility vehicle. :)


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    Chucky the tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,341 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    RainMaker wrote: »
    They'll make good door stops back at the station.

    After the "grand unveiling" I'd be surprised to see any on the streets - a bit like the Gardai in general.

    If they are chasing somebody who runs up/down stairs, what do they do then? Bit of an old Dalek problem really!



    They get off them obviously. Hardly rocket science.


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    stapolinhosting
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭stapolinhosting


    Haha, designed for the lazy person.. What happens when the cop has to get off and run after someone.... will he be too fat to run from using a segway for so long! or it that the reason USA cops use them in the first place...

    At least we know where all our tax money is being spent now.. helping cops become more lazy. Waste of money, next they will be using them on the jogging machines in the gym cause who needs to run when you got a segway!.. lol


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    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,059 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    What exactly are the benefits of these as opposed to bicycles?


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    RDM_83 again
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,116 ✭✭✭RDM_83 again


    Shenshen wrote: »
    That.
    As personal means of transport, they may make sense to individuals. But for supposed figures of authority, I've got my doubts.
    Maybe the hope is the criminals will laugh so hard they won't be able to run?

    Grhhhh After hours doesn;t allow pictures

    http://www.odditycentral.com/funny/segway-special-forces.html


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    stapolinhosting
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭stapolinhosting


    My name is URL wrote: »
    What exactly are the benefits of these as opposed to bicycles?

    You can run over the criminals foot to stop them.

    Actually, how many feet do you think would get squashed if there was a chase down grafton or henry street


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    stapolinhosting
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭stapolinhosting


    My name is URL wrote: »
    What exactly are the benefits of these as opposed to bicycles?

    You can run over the criminals foot to stop them.

    Actually, how many feet do you think would get squashed if there was a chase down grafton or henry street


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    ScumLord
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    Where do Segways fit into the rules of the road? Are they powered bicycles? Can they use the pavement? If they are on the road should they not have indicators, mirrors, tax and insurance? Can they be fitted with umberellas when it rains? Decerning minds need to know this stuff.
    With mobility scooters I think as long as they can't go over 15mph they're not classed as a vehicle. Although all those scooters seems to have all the necessary lights but I think that's the competition in the industry that makes all manufacturers fit the lights.
    Chucky the tree wrote: »
    They get off them obviously. Hardly rocket science.
    No, they ramp of the steps in slow motion.


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    Bray Header
    Registered Users Posts: 417 ✭✭Bray Header


    Theres no legislation that allows segways currently, private use only in Ireland. I know because I was looking into it recently. So either they won't be used, will only be used in private areas, or they will be illegally used, interesting. http://www.segway.ie/?id=46


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    kowloon
    Registered Users Posts: 13,278 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    The next phase. :)

    [YOUTUB.E]Project Puma[/YOUTUBE]

    If I wanted to drive a wheelie bin I'd have done it by now!

    I'd love to see Special Branch on Segways. They'd be so intimidating.


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