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Honda Unveils Segway Competitor: the Uni-Cub

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:11:00 CDT

Watch out, Segway, there's a new player in the high-end scooter game. Honda has revealed the Uni-Cub, a personal mobility device that, like the Segway, is driven by shifting one's weight. It "looks like a trash compactor on wheels," reports the Los Angeles Times . (The Wall Street Journal thinks it's...

Angry Man Smashes Into Elevator, Plunges Down Shaft

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:06:00 CDT

Take a breath. Don't mess with slow elevators. A Korean man in a motorized scooter became enraged when he just missed an elevator. He then angrily smashed into the closed doors—twice—before plunging through the panels, and down the shaft to his death . The horrifying scene was captured on...

Electric Motorcycles Closing Gap on Speed

Harry Kimball — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:45:02 CST

An English entrepreneur is developing an all-electric motorcycle he says can compete on the racetrack, Wired reports. Well, in the near future. His prototype—the bike is expected to be for sale next year and will be legal for street use—can go from 0 to 60 in 3.8...

Prosecutor Flunks Scooter Test

Sam Gale Rosen — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:58:42 CDT

The NPR quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" lured US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to last night's taping for a game called "Not My Job"—and a little teasing. Best line: Fitzgerald said he lived on Chicago's North Side but worked downtown, and host Peter Sagal asked, "How do you...

Lazy Gamblers Rent Scooters in Vegas

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 25 May 2007 05:34:15 CDT

In Las Vegas, motorized scooters offer access to expansive casino floors to the elderly, the disabled—and now the lazy. For 40 chips a day, a growing number of young, healthy tourists are renting the scooters so they can hop from the slot machine to the craps table at up...