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TIL the owner of the Segway company died driving his Segway off a cliff less than a year after he bought the company.

Jimi Heselden - Wikipedia

This guy went to great lengths to acquire the thing (and the company that makes the thing) that ultimately killed him.

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Many people mix him up with Dean Kamen, who actually invented the Segway.
still funny. for more giggles, look up the usain bolt segway oopsident
- https://youtu.be/0xtRQYqat9c
(...) was riding his Segway while walking his dog (...) when he reversed the Segway to allow a fellow dog walker to get past him, he fell from a nearby cliff (...)
Distraction + overconfidence it seems.
Also, had he been on foot, he would have felt the cliff and avoided the accident.
Clearly this guy was doing a spike fall level IRL. Probably didn't even mak it past noob SMH.
I still wish I had one
- Had one for a while. It's ok but the places you can safely ride are more limited than you think. E-scooters are a far superior invention for mobility.
- Imagine you get your own wiki page because you die from buying a company that built things that in the end killed you.
  
  Notoriety isn't just for big-picture stuff. I have a fleeting mention due to a very peripheral involvement in a really big lawsuit, like mentioning the ants when elephants fight.
  Imagine
  Quit it
That last thought must’ve been an “awwww fuck, what have I done?” one.

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