Do Cops on Trikes Diminish Respect for Authority? Yes.

The other day we spotted this Segway-on-steroids trike on Broadway, which a parking enforcement officer was tooling around on, and our blood pressure shot up a few points. It turns out to be something called a T3 Motion, which is a competitor to the Segway, and besides its Robocop styling, it comes with a siren.

"What the shit...!" we initially thought. We've made an uneasy peace with cops on Segways, even though at $5,000 apiece it seems like you could outfit the parking squad with bicycles (and de-chunkify them at the same time). But right now, with government spending being cut to the bone on services we actually need, we were curious/outraged at spending any money on this goofball tricycle so parking tickets can be delivered more conveniently.

So we called the SPD and we mollified to hear that they only own two...so far...and they picked them up last spring. Consider this a vote for holding the freaking line at that experiment. Jesus god. Look at that pathetic piece of shit, all ready to jump Snake Canyon if, you know, there's a sidewalk that goes up to the edge and cars are parked illegally there.