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I had the chance to ride one this week. I work at a science and tech. museum and one of our benefators is going to buy us one so we got the full pitch at this meeting. They have been classified as a mobilty device, but if you cant walk easily how well can you stand either? It is leagla to ride on the sidewalks in all 50 states and on the roads where the speedlimit is under 25mph. The ride was pretty easy, you just stand there and it balances itself. You just have to get used to NOT trying to balance it. You lean forward it goes and depending on the setting you can top out at 12mph. there is a turning switch on the handle bars that is well located so you can do a zero radius turn. The biggest problem is that depending how much weight is on them you get 9-12 miles off a battery charge. I know my mailcarrier walks more than 10 miles a day, so whats the point. This is a flash in the pan toy that will never get braod use.
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