http://www.odditycentral.com/page/108 Segway Special Forces By Spooky on July 4th, 2008 Category: Funny, News LIKE DISLIKE 13 Comments Stumble it Icon digg it Icon Run for your lives criminals, the Segway-riding Chinese Special Forces are here! As the price of gas surges every day, people are trying to come up with alternatives and for the Chinese military, one of them is the Segway. During an exercise that took place in Jinan, China, the giro-engine-powered vehicles were used to fight of criminals. I was surprised when I saw the photos, I even thought it was silly, but then I did some research and found out that policemen in several US cities use Segways instead of police cars and they are pretty happy with them. It makes sense if you think about it, Segways are a lot smaller,they fit through tight spaces and they reach speeds of up to 12 miles per hour. So i for one won’t be surprised if I start seeing Segway-riding policemen on the streets of my city in a few years. ===================== http://green.autoblog.com/2008/07/02/chinese-s-w-a-t-team-rides-segways-into-the-line-of-fire/ AutoBlogGreen Chinese S.W.A.T. team rides Segways into the line of fire by Jeremy Korzeniewski (RSS feed) on Jul 2nd 2008 at 8:04PM A counter-terrorist exercise known as "Taishan 2008," took place yesterday in Jinan, Shandong Province, China. Among other things, the forces used Segways for transportation. As we've reported in the past, the Segway has become an increasingly popular way to travel now that gas prices have risen to record high levels in the United States. We've even seem some police forces using the urban runabouts and capturing criminals with them. Still, nothing we've seen in the past made us believe that somewhere in the world, the Segway scooter is being used by gun toting, armor wearing tactical defense teams. Seriously, is the Segway really the best choice for this type of operation? Perhaps the T3 Mobile Defender would be a bit more appropriate. That machine has been specifically designed for police units and appears a bit more battle ready. Perhaps the advanced targeting system hooked to a non-lethal air gun would prove useful. Or maybe the S.W.A.T. team hopes to stun their opponents with disbelief to win the day. ================= http://www.draft.org/Portals/0/pdf%20files/Physics%20of%20Segways.pdf The physics of the Segway ================= http://www.segway.com/downloads/pdfs/WashingtonMPD_casestudyInterviewLQ.pdf Training and using the segway in a patrol environment. ================= http://www.segway.com/patrol/faqs/ Segway for police use FAQ ================= http://www.t3motion.com/ The T3 Mobile Defender =================