Owner of Segway dies on his Segway

ShanMan14 · 09-27-2010, 11:42 AM

Ooops

It was on the ruggedized model:

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The owner of the Segway company died in a freak accident on Sunday -- after riding one of the company's trademark two-wheeled scooters off a cliff and into a river.

Jimi Heselden, one of England's richest men and chairman of Hesco Bastion Ltd., was pulled from the River Wharfe in Boston Spa, near Leeds in northern England, local police said.

"Officers were called to the incident around 11:40 a.m. following a call from a member of the public," the West Yorkshire police said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...#ixzz10k0icV2k

z06boy · 09-27-2010, 11:45 AM

Definitely an ooops !!

derf · 09-27-2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by z06boy

Definitely an ooops !!

Damn you beat me too it

Trip · 09-27-2010, 12:17 PM

I worked with a team that made a fully automated sentry segway for one of my college projects. It could detect explosives, radiation, facial recognition, and curse at people. It was fun to use the campus wifi to drive it around campus and berate people with it. It had a webcam/speaker/mic setup so we could drive it all over campus without leaving the lab.

defector · 09-27-2010, 12:19 PM

I just heard about this earlier. The Segway was still operational.

Rangerscott · 09-27-2010, 06:32 PM

Ummmmm.....jump off?

Particle Man · 09-28-2010, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rangerscott

Ummmmm.....jump off?

Why jump when you can roll off? Damn things allow people to be lazy even when they're being dumb apparently.

Mudpuppy · 09-27-2010, 06:32 PM

holy shit is that funny

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z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	Definitely an ooops !!

09-27-2010, 12:17 PM	#4
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	I worked with a team that made a fully automated sentry segway for one of my college projects. It could detect explosives, radiation, facial recognition, and curse at people. It was fun to use the campus wifi to drive it around campus and berate people with it. It had a webcam/speaker/mic setup so we could drive it all over campus without leaving the lab.

09-27-2010, 06:32 PM	#6
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Ummmmm.....jump off?