More bad news for that quirky gadget known as the "Segway Personal Transporter". You know- that two wheeled oddity of a scooter that many remember best from that infamous clip when George W. Bush fell off the thing. For the second time in 3 years, the device has been recalled. Today’s New Hampshire Union Leader reports
Segway Inc. is recalling all 23,500 of the self-balancing scooters it has shipped to date because of a software glitch that can make its wheels unexpectedly reverse direction, causing riders to fall off — and in at least one incident, break some teeth. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, with whom Segway is cooperating on the voluntary recall announced yesterday, said consumers should stop using the vehicles immediately.
As I read the story, my question, as it has been since the debut of the Segway, is what "consumers" use this thing in the first place? While my fellow ‘Grokster Skip thinks that they’re "neat", I still believe it’s a product in search of an actual use.
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Click the link below to read what I wrote last year in my weekly newspaper column about this native NH "vehicle."
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