Never fear. The Chinese Police are on the case.
Officials have bought 100 Segways and painted some in military camouflage to patrol airports and sporting venues during the Games.
In one drill, police posing as terrorists held ten badminton audience members hostage, ’shooting dead’ four ‘hijackers’, capturing two and defusing a mock car bomb.
The exercise was to test the province’s emergency response and involved 1,500 people.
The Segway was the brainchild of American Dean Kamen, who claimed at its 2001 launch that it would make the car obsolete in congested cities. It has since been the object of some derision, however.
3 responses so far ↓
Don L // July 3, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Hey, I feel so much more threatened by a cop on a Harley wearing jackboots and a helmet. I also shake when I look at his aviator glasses, and that badge ooohhhhh! Gun? Yhey are alllpwed to carry a guuunn?
They look like pre teen bicycle scouts.
CPT. Charles // July 4, 2008 at 7:41 am
Don’t know about that Don. Having seen Chinese acrobats in action, I wouldn’t be be sneering so quickly.
Granted, a Segway has limitations when interacting with an uneven surface, but it can move faster than you [or I...] can run [for an extended length of time...]. A vid of it’s use by the security forces would would be interesting viewing.
BTW-I wonder if the PRC is paying a royalty for their copy of their our combat helmet [....no, probably not...].
stldynamite // July 8, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Jesus, where’s the Hell’s Angels when you need them? Instead we have some x-boxers playing w/ headsets and all I’m sure.
Leave a Comment