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Re: ALL 23,500 SEGWAYS RECALLED

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Originally Posted by ABC News
According to the CPSC, riders can be thrown off the machine as the company's sensors can't react in time for certain situations. "The personal transporter can unexpectedly apply reverse torque to the wheels, which can cause a rider to fall," the CPSC said. "This can occur when the device is tilted back by the Speed Limiter and the rider comes off and then back onto the device within a short period of time."
I'm not really worried about this recall, as there are only a few limited times in which this glitch can occur. In the meantime, I'll just be more careful riding my Segway in these circumstances until I can get the software upgrade.

I would be a lot more concerned if the glitch was totally random and could happen anytime, such as the Dell Laptop batteries spontaneously becoming incendiary firebombs.
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