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Death by Segway!
« on: 27 September 2010, 13:46:02 »
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Re: Death by Segway!
« Reply #1 on: 27 September 2010, 14:01:38 »
That is an odd one, I have to say. :-/ :-/
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Re: Death by Segway!
« Reply #2 on: 27 September 2010, 14:25:43 »
A surprising segue. ::)
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Re: Death by Segway!
« Reply #3 on: 27 September 2010, 14:31:02 »
Thats a good play on words, Debs................just sorta slipped into it (like he did!!)
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Re: Death by Segway!
« Reply #4 on: 27 September 2010, 14:40:02 »
Been trying to think of a comment. Words fail me.

I suppose I can only draw comfort from the fact that, unlike the poor chap described, I'm unlikely to find myself playhing with a daft electric scooter anywhere near a cliff. Especially if it's software controlled. ::)

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Re: Death by Segway!
« Reply #5 on: 27 September 2010, 14:44:46 »
If it wasnt suicide....why not just step off?

unless heart attack or similar and it just kept going  :-/

strange one  :-?
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Re: Death by Segway!
« Reply #6 on: 27 September 2010, 15:08:59 »
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If it wasnt suicide....

Maybe it was the Segway`s choice, having endured a life of service to hundreds of giggling-idiots; perhaps it threw in the towel! ;D
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Re: Death by Segway!
« Reply #7 on: 27 September 2010, 17:41:24 »
I had a go on one last year, strangely addictive ;D
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Re: Death by Segway!
« Reply #8 on: 27 September 2010, 19:39:25 »
A few years ago, some of the Traffic Police in the centre of Lisbon were using them.  Don't think they were fitted with blue lights, so they I presume they weren't being used as pursuit vehicles. :)
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Re: Death by Segway!
« Reply #9 on: 27 September 2010, 21:30:04 »
has anyone had a go on one of these.
I had a shot on one in Great Yarmouth whilst on holiday and there great fun.
it works by using the body i.e. lean forward it goes forward.
it has a top speed of 20mph.
Maybe the guy dropped a tenner and was chasing it ;D
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