Owner of Segway company segways into the afterlife

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...literally:

Jimi Heselden, the multi-millionaire owner of the Segway company, died in a freak accident when he rode one of the high-tech two-wheel machines off a cliff and into a river
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...dies-riding-machines-cliff.html#ixzz10k60sSNM


'A Segway-style vehicle was recovered. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

'At this time we do not believe the death to be suspicious.'
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initially they believed someone cut the brakes on the segway
 
Oh i laughed :( I'll see you folk in hell.
 
"Segway fail"

That's kind of redundant.
 
StardogChampion said:
You post makes no sense whatsoever.
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I was referring to the title of one of the videos. Since my opinion is that a segway is the very definition of a failed machine, then yes that title is redundant.

EDIT: apparently my vision is impaired, since it's actually "segway fall". Whatever segways still suck. :/
 
Remus said:
EDIT: apparently my vision is impaired, since it's actually "segway fall".
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That's what I meant :LOL:

I hope someone invents an alternative to the segway that isn't so embarrassing to use. There must be something that can replace the car/bike.
 
I thought this was the inventor. Oh well. Just some rich dude who bought the company. It's like if Bil Gates bought Boeing and then died in a plane crash.

Also, I can't think of Segways without thinking of Gob.
115-gob-segway.jpg
 
What a goddamn depressing/embarrassing way to die.
 
I wonder if his family is liable for compensa...

Oh, right.
 
ZT said:
What a goddamn depressing/embarrassing way to die.
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I think he was murdered by a competing company. It was made to look like an accident to damage the reputation of Segway.

The competing company's version has cliff detectors built in.
 
I can't tell if the Segway is made for simple transportation or for someone to videotape their friend crashing into a pole.
 
You wouldn't ride a segway by a cliff for the same reason you wouldn't ride a bik / skateboard near one.

Natural selection at work.

Still, RIP CEO dude.
 
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I was laughing so hard about this at work today when a coworker told me someone fell into a river on a segway and died, but I had no idea it was the owner of the company. That makes it even better. I'll have to remember to tell her tomorrow so we can laugh some more.
 
R.I.P Segway man. Nerds of the world thank you.

Those are the people that ride them right? I've only seen them on TV. *shrugs*
 
I immediately had an image of this eccentric millionaire riding around his vast tracts of land on a segway with a glass of wine in his hand and then sailing off a cliff.
 
He was probably testing Segway's new jet thrusters but they malfunctioned.
 
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