Comments on: Owner of Segway inc dies riding his Segway off Cliff, Into River https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/ Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:54:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: csrster https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523800 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:54:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523800 Either way, it’s not the world’s greatest marketing ploy.

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523799 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:58:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523799 Or the guy could have been suffering a stroke or heart attack at the time and had no control as he went over the edge. At least in this case there should be ample forensic evidence to rule out that hypothesis (or confirm it), unlike the case of Steve Fossett – we know nothing of Fossett’s condition at the time and only know that the weather conditions were not good for the maneuver he may have been attempting.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523798 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:46:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523798 jaf: It does not say. I was thinking it kind of looked like he did.

Stacy, brilliant and evil.

]]> By: Stacy https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523797 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:39:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523797 He was just two tired.

]]> By: sailor https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523796 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:29:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523796 “Did he do this on purpose?”
No reason to suppose so. Those Segways are battery operated and all electric. Should the battery die, or an electrical fault start, there is no way you can balance on the two wheels especially if you are moving forward.
He may have also just misjudged, or got too close to he cliff panicked an made the wrong move.

]]> By: jaf https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523795 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:54:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/27/owner-of-segway-inc-dies-ridin/#comment-523795 Did he do this on purpose?

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