Thieves Likely No Match for the Scooter Patrol
From Times Wire Reports
Purse-snatchers beware: Atlanta police are riding shiny new $9,000 scooters--and it will take at least a brisk jog to get away from them.
The city’s finest unveiled a battalion of Segway Human Transporter vehicles. The battery-powered, two-wheeled scooters can hit 15 mph.
Inventor Dean Kamen introduced the gyroscope-stabilized scooters last fall after keeping them secret for months under the code names IT and Ginger.
Police in Atlanta are borrowing six of the scooters for a test.
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