Segway Italian Style
There are a lot of police and security forces all over Torino these days - and they're using everything from missile batteries and AWACS surveillance planes to riot police, snipers and now : Segways! Not that there is an armada of these patrols in Torino, but it's the first time I've seen the Italian Polizia use them here. But funny enough I spotted them in the main railway station Porta Nuova. Armed with guns and Segway the human transporter TM. (sorry for the blurry picture, but I had a train to catch!)
From the Segway commercial:
"Got a lot of area to patrol and fewer officers for coverage? The Segway HT can move an officer, smoothly and quietly, at 2-3 times walking speed. It can easily double the amount of area a walking officer can cover, and can transition immediately from walking speed (3 mph) to sprinting speed (12.5 mph) when an officer needs to get somewhere fast without causing alarm."