So, if you were planning on having the most ironic death this year, you might want to consider rescheduling for next year because this guy has it all wrapped up.
Apparently it was the “off-road” model he was testing… guess it’s back to the ol’ drawing board for that one.
No. Or, I guess more appropriately, nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I’ve ridden (driven?) one of the off-road models - we went on a nature tour down in Florida. It was awesome.
I took a Segway tour in the Garden of the Gods in the Colorado Rockies last month. It was great but I can see how you can get hurt on one. No one in our group fell off or drove off a cliff but the guide said about 10% of the people he takes have some sort of accident. Of course, most of these people are new to a Segway unlike this case but he was probably trying to push the limits of the model he was on and it is probably possible for one to malfunction. They don’t have normal controls and come pretty close to reading your mind through subtle weight shifts.
Looks like he’s made the ultimate segue.
Here’s a picture of Mr. Heselden alongside what, apparently, he thought his Segway was comparable to.
Seriously sad news. These products are the result of genuine genius.
I thought this thread title was a joke, and am not sure how I would describe my reaction to finding it was real without seeming cruel. Briefly saddened, but overall amused?
Edit:
On second thought, I don’t feel so bad.
The poor gentleman didn’t invent the Segway, he just bought the company.
He was the Sy Greenblumof Segweys.
Oh my. I’ve heard the Mercedes Segway will stop you BEFORE you run off the cliff.
Sir, your handbasket is ready.
Do you prefer boiling pitch or the brimstone?
See, it could have been worse… he could have ridden a shaver off the cliff.
More likely into a snow bank.
Santa rode that Noelco* two-headed (later three-headed) shaver over a gap and safely onto more snow without crashing into a snow bank for years during commercial breaks in Rudolph.
*actually Norelco. But “even our name says Merry Christmas”
Oh, well then. Carry on.
The genius who invented the thing is Dean Kamen. Heselden was a rich defense contractor who bought out the company.
Hi! I’m not just an owner of a Segway, I’m the presidAAAAIIIIEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
[sub]eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!![/sub]
Hypno-Toad, got some room in that handbasket?
I hace an image of him driving into airspace, smiling, then looking down and then falling.