Someone should crunch the numbers: how dangerous are Segways compared to other modes of transport?
"n the Segway safety case review, Dr Mary Pat McKay, professor of emergency medicine and public health at the George Washington University, counted 41 Segway injuries between April 2005 and November 2008 among patients who attended the George Washington emergency room.
"Several cases involved the rider unintentionally striking an immobile object, including a park bench, a signpost, a light pole, and a tree,” the article reads.
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Ten of those cases were admitted to the hospital and four were taken to intensive care. No one died but patients suffered serious facial trauma, fractures and brain injuries.
Separately, in 2004, a 59-year-old man reportedly died after falling off a Segway."
...""Segways are fun but obviously they're best on solid, even ground. As soon as one starts doing off road on anything you enlarge the risk ratio."
I think if you go off the edge of a 9m cliff on any vehicle there is a chance you may not come out unscathed