On Wed, 07 May 2008 13:20:09 -0600, carlfogel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
may have
said:
>No-seat segway-style police tricycles?
> http://www.veoh.com/videos/v8733726p68KcyTj&source=embedVideo
>
>What's the advantage (real or imagined) of these odd beasts?
Stable with the power off, unlike a Segway.
No dismount delay (no need to swing a leg over) unlike a bicycle.
No fitness issue, unlike a bicycle.
No sweaty officers to offend the sensibilities of the easily annoyed.
Probably very maneuverable.
I get the feeling that this was shot in France. If so, what reason
would they truly need other than "They're French, therefore we will
use them!"
Had this been in a US city, I would cynically posit that the most
crucial benefits were twofold; first, a well-connected individual or
company made a tidy profit selling the vehicles to the police
department to begin with, and a second sale will be made later of
something else to replace them, possibly by the same well-connected
seller, when these prove to be less useful than anticipated.
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