Segway, personal vehicle known for high-profile crashes, ending production

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Company will retire Segway PT, popular with tourists and police officers, on 15 July

Segway, which boldly claimed its two-wheeled personal transporter would revolutionize the way people get around, is ending production of its namesake vehicle.

 

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I remember the pre launch hype, what a letdown! We were expecting a flying car I think. It's never even enticed me to have a go. Probably only ever was really useful moving gate staff around very large airports. Malls? Meh, walk, you lazy sods!

career, not careen. Guardian.

This design is intrinsically unsafe even at walking pace. It might have a use for stunts in a circus, but total stupidity in the real world.

'Not far from his country estate north of London.' Factually true but his estate was in Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire. How about 'east of Leeds' or 'west of York'.

“Personal vehicle known for high-profile crashes” sounds like Segway’s Tinder bio

Segways will never catch on, stop pushing it.

Excellent headline! Really captured the essence.

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