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# Glad I didn’t buy a Segway
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/20051013glad-i-didnt-buy-a-segway-html/
- Published: 2005-10-13T15:32:48.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:34:14.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Technology, #DashHouseCom, #wp

Not that Charlene would have let me. [The Star reports](http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article%5FType1&c=Article&cid=1129153812725&call%5Fpageid=968350130169&col=969483202845&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes&ref=dashhouse.com):

> Segways cannot be operated legally on Toronto streets or sidewalks, according to city lawyers.

> The legal opinion says the two-wheeled, electric-powered machines can travel on roadways in city parks, but not elsewhere in the city.

[Torontoist comments](http://feeds.feedburner.com/Torontoist?m=45&ref=dashhouse.com), “the Ministry of Transport won’t give them license plates, so you can’t take them on most roads. Where does that leave a Segway driver to take his new toy out for a spin? Just about nowhere.