Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall
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Re: Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall
#2Tragically ironic.
Re: Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall
#3It might be worth pointing out that the person who died is not the inventor of the Segway, that would be Dean Kamen.
I'm not saying that anyone claimed it was, but just pointing it out to avoid confusion.
Re: Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall
#4Sounds intentional to me. If you were on a runaway scooter about to go off the cliff, you could just jump off the scooter back onto the ground. Sure, you'd eat some dust, but you wouldn't die in a river.
It seems like it'd be pretty hard _not_ to do this even if you were trying not to do it. Something is definitely fishy here.
Re: Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall
#5Reading this reminded me of "I, Robot", although as unwind correctly noted, Mr. Heselden did not invent the Segway.
Terrible thing to happen, rest in peace.
Re: Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall
#6Tragically ironic.
I think this fact might better go unsaid.
Re: Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall
#7Sounds intentional to me. If you were on a runaway scooter about to go off the cliff, you could just jump off the scooter back onto the ground. Sure, you'd eat some dust, but you wouldn't die in a river. It seems like it'd be pretty hard _not_ to do this even if you were trying not to do it. Something is definitely fishy here.
We cannot know for sure. One commenter over on the article site brings up the point of a heart attack while driving.
Would (just like in any other vehicle, granted) cause a loss of control and might explain a great deal.
But again - we cannot know and shouldn't judge without more details, imo.
Re: Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall
#8Sounds intentional to me. If you were on a runaway scooter about to go off the cliff, you could just jump off the scooter back onto the ground. Sure, you'd eat some dust, but you wouldn't die in a river. It seems like it'd be pretty hard _not_ to do this even if you were trying not to do it. Something is definitely fishy here.
We cannot know for sure. One commenter over on the article site brings up the point of a heart attack while driving. Would (just like in any other vehicle, granted) cause a loss of control and might explain a great deal. But again - we cannot know and shouldn't judge without more details, imo.
You're right of course, that's a possibility. I don't mean to be passing absolute judgment on the matter. Just saying there's got to be something more than "I accidentally drove off a cliff, sry", as the article seems to imply. I don't really understand why I'm losing karma at such a clip for it. :(
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#9Impressive bio:
Mr Heselden grew up in the Halton Moor area of Leeds, leaving school at 15 and working down local pits.
He worked as a miner before losing his job in a wave of redundancies in the 1980s.
His engineering business went from strength-to-strength and he had a fortune reported to be £166m, making him one of the top 400 richest people on the UK.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
We cannot know for sure. One commenter over on the article site brings up the point of a heart attack while driving. Would (just like in any other vehicle, granted) cause a loss of control and might explain a great deal. But again - we cannot know and shouldn't judge without more details, imo.
You're right of course, that's a possibility. I don't mean to be passing absolute judgment on the matter. Just saying there's got to be something more than "I accidentally drove off a cliff, sry", as the article seems to imply. I don't really understand why I'm losing karma at such a clip for it. :(
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