Your toy has been recalled

[Gonz]

"The most amazing invention since the wheel"..."moving mankind into the future"...

whatever, it's still a toy

The maker of the Segway Human Transporter has agreed to recall the motorized scooters because riders have been injured falling off when its batteries are low.

 

[Mirlyn]

They use 'em here at the Raytheon plant.

 

[dragonstar]

"The most amazing invention since the wheel"..."moving mankind into the future"...

whatever, it's still a toy

let me guess, most of the riders were 80+

battery malfunctions were probably due to lack of bladder control, i guess this isn't the toy for me

 

[Mare]

let me guess, most of the riders were 80+

battery malfunctions were probably due to lack of bladder control, i guess this isn't the toy for me

 

[squall14716]

LOL. I don't get what's so great about those. I'd rather either use a bike, or a car and runn everyone over.

 

[A.B.Normal]

let me guess, most of the riders were 80+

Well,when the President of the USA falls off one , you know it can't be Driver incompetence ,but equiptment failure.

http://www.badnewswire.com/badnews/000044.shtml


You know pretzels are gonna be next.

 

[A.B.Normal]

Damn hit reply instead of edit my bad

 

[dragonstar]

Damn hit reply instead of edit my bad

Yeah sure

whatever you reckon

 

[chcr]

I've mentioned this before but they call the inventor a genius?

Hmm.. We're a country of fat lazy bastards, I think I'll invent something so nobody has to actually walk at all.

 

[Kawaii]

Well,when the President of the USA falls off one , you know it can't be Driver incompetence ,but equiptment failure.

http://www.badnewswire.com/badnews/000044.shtml


You know pretzels are gonna be next.

So true. I'm surprised they didn't drop a tactical nuke on the pretzel factory, accusing them of being terrorists.

 

[Gonz]

No need. Our previous president bombed an aspirin factory just to watch it go BOOM!!!

 

[AnomalousEntity]

.S. Issues Recall for Segway Scooters
Fri Sep 26,12:59 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!


By JONATHAN D. SALANT, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The maker of the Segway Human Transporter has agreed to recall the motorized scooters because riders have been injured falling off when its batteries are low.


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Slideshow: Segway Scooter




The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Friday, saying that three people had been injured. One suffered a head wound and needed stitches.


The recall involves about 6,000 of the single-rider, two-wheeled scooters that can travel up to 12 mph. The scooter uses gyroscopes to keep it upright, making it less likely to fall or be knocked over.


But the CPSC said that scooters being operated with low battery power may not have enough power to remain upright, causing the rider to fall.


The Segway was unveiled in December 2001 to much fanfare by Dean Kamen, an inventor who holds some 100 patents, including a wheelchair that climbs stairs and the first portable kidney dialysis machine.


Commercial and consumer models on the list include the Segway HT i167 (i series), the e167 (e series) and p133 (p series).


The scooters cost around $4,950 apiece.

I really liked Agent Cody Banks...but I hated that scene where they portrayed the CIA as a bunch of incompetent nit-wits riding around on segways all day..(or was that based on reality?? )

 

[Luis G]

Are they talking about Ginger?

 

[IDLEchild]

Damn, i liked those too, planned to get one in the near furture.

 

[Mirlyn]

Damn, i liked those too, planned to get one in the near furture.

Just build one.
http://www.tlb.org/scooter.html