SFist: Photo Du Jour 118

bluecanary

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:54:03 -0800

Yeah, well he needs to stay in the street before he hits and makes OTHER people disabled.

katerose26

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:30:27 -0800

I see this group cruising the Marina all the time: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-morrison/2461123704/sizes/l/

hyperzonk

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:54:32 -0800

If that's who I think it is ... and it sure looks like him at this distance ... he actually is a senior citizen who had serious mobility issues several years ago and got the segway so he could continue to live independently. Then he was lucky enough to receive experimental surgery that restored most of his ability to walk. He is old enough, however, to still find the machine to be a useful way to keep him out and about instead of partially disabled. So before you tar a Segway rider as a poser, loser, or dangerous to senior citizens, you might consider this. (Of course, I am covering for him cuz he let me take it out for a spin once. W00t!)

icbalaam

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:45:47 -0800

That guy lives right across the street from the flat I've been house sitting. He's pretty awesome.

murphstahoe

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:42:09 -0800

Segway Critical Mass!

aj

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:28:46 -0800

Yep, a Segway is a vehicle. An overpriced and dorky vehicle, but a vehicle.

mariconsoy

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:25:53 -0800

Is his arm up because he's trying to signal, or is he waving back at the mad hatter guy on the building?

chrisr

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:19:07 -0800

Yep....I've seen that guy in Noe Valley before. This is going Southbound on Castro, just before 24th.

sissa

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:56:58 -0800

Holy crap, that's awesome.

jimH

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:51:21 -0800

Painful to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz5ji__mY5Y

bluecanary

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:43:34 -0800

Better for him to be in traffic than on a sidewalk, pissing me off. The rider of a segway is NOT a pedestrian, SF made the right call.

jimH

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:25:51 -0800

State law defines the rider of a Segway as a pedestrian, and therfore able to use sidewalks. SF opted out and banned their use on sidewalks. This rider is in traffic, however...

harmreduction

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:20:50 -0800

Our hero is breaking the law! Old people had them outlawed in SF...