Some recent model cars have been constructed in such a manner that they can be remotely rendered inoperable - for occasions such as a stolen vehicle, or one involved in a high-speed chase.
What happens, though, when a thief is making a high-speed Seg-a-way? The comparative rarity of such an occurrence should not be an excuse for lack of preparation.
At a remotely generated signal, the controllers in the Segway would simply reverse the drive impulses, resulting in positive-feedback negative stability: when the thief leans forward, the wheels run backwards away from him, leaving him face-planted on the sidewalk.-- lurch, Mar 24 2011 Segway Security System Segway_20Security_20SystemThis is either prior art, or blatant self-promotion - or possibly both. [Wrongfellow, Mar 24 2011] Hacking into your car. http://www.itworld....ke-control-your-carOf tangential interest. [DrBob, Mar 25 2011] I can see a Seg-posse chasing the Seg-bandit with guns a-blazin'. Marshall Dillon and all that.-- sqeaketh the wheel, Mar 24 2011 Yet another car chase-scene movie that needs to be remade. Or, have the police on Segways, chasing bandits on power chairs.-- RayfordSteele, Mar 24 2011 //Marshall Dillon// [squeaketh] //needs to be remade// [RayfordS]
How 'bout Marshall Dilbert?-- lurch, Mar 24 2011 If a Segway was to stop suddenly, wouldn't it catapult the driver...so to be called a Seguchet?-- xandram, Mar 24 2011 <- "Theys wents that segway."-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Mar 25 2011 random, halfbakery