Have you ever had a "bad hair day"? Well a couple of weeks ago, I was reading an article in the Chicago Sun-Times and had a "bad reading day." Right smack in the middle of the newspaper was an article about the introduction of these "standing" motorized vehicles called Segways that are supposed to revolutionize travel on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

The Sun-Times reported that IIT will become the first "Segway-friendly" campus in the nation. Friendly to what or to whom? Certainly not to the student who finishes off a Big Mac or double latte and decides to jump on one of these motorized vehicles to get across campus rather than use some muscle-driven form of transportation.

Read the entire column at http://www.ncpad.org/190/1369/2003-10~Issue~~Segways~Are~A~Bad~Idea~for~College~
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