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Driving a Segway in Finland is *gasp* a CRIME?
11 August 2005 in Root | Comments (0)

Yeah folks, you read that right. We in Finland currently have the stupidest government in the world. Not only do our “senators” have way, way too much spare time to think about making new, rediculous law changes, but our current vehicle laws prohibit the use of a Segway! Here is what Finland for Thought blogs:

Everyone’s seen these Segway thingys, right? Well the Finnish police could charge you if you drive one on public property. Yay government…!

According to Sgt. Pertti Mäkeläinen of the National Traffic Police, the Segway can only be driven on private property.

“There is no going on public roads covered by the Road Traffic Act.”

And what happens if a Segway user defies this ban?

“Well, the response would be a caution or a charge. We have the means to intervene in this sort of thing”, says Mäkeläinen.

Sheesh, and not only that, but those motorized kick-boards are also illegal to drive in Finland. You’d think someone could see a beneficial use of those Segways in the public, but nooo, of course we can’t! Do I have to take matters into my own hands and try my luck in the next parliament election just to get a small chance to change the phunked up laws in this country of mine?

Hmm… I can’t help but wonder if a “speed chase” á la Southpark would happen if the police would catch me putting the pedal to the metal on a Segway. Would that get me on C.O.P.S. or the Finnish equivalent of “America’s Most Wanted” — Poliisi TV?

Funky Blog Design Again in IE
11 August 2005 in Root | Comments (1)

Ok, I first thought the design of this WordPress style looked a-OK in Internet Explorer at first, but as always, I managed to phunk it up. I inserted the Google ads just above the post in some quick copy-and-paste action and now the whole site looks crappy once again in IE. The fault is most likely my own and not Google’s, so, someday I might need to dig up my lean mean CSS skillz and try to debunk the problem. I mostly use Opera at home and at uni, so I didn’t notice the problemo until I fired up IE over at my summer work. D’oh!

Sidenote: I haven’t yet tested this site with Firefox, but I think there should be no major design problems, since the developers claim that their browser is standards compliant… (but not as much as Opera’s browser though… )