COLUMBUS - Gov. Bob Taft rode a high-tech Segway scooter across the Statehouse plaza before signing a bill Thursday that will allow the electric-powered vehicle on sidewalks and residential streets.

        Sen. David Goodman, a Republican from Bexley, said the bill was needed because Segway is a new category of transportation - not a motor vehicle or a bike - and it needed to be defined.

        The state also needed to clarify where the Segway could be used, Mr. Goodman said.

        The scooter was introduced last year amid great hype by inventor Dean Kamen.

        The bill goes into effect in October.

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