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Originally Posted by jgbackes
Perhaps a little context will help… 50,000 segways on the road. 1 hr per month usage. 10 years on the market (assuming linear growth) if my math is right that's 3,000,000 hours of Segway usage… If that's all the fail videos out there it's a pretty small percentage of total usage time.
Segway fails are popular because really everyone wants a Segway and just doesn't have the disposable cash to purchase one
LET THE FLAMES BEGIN!!
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You do bring up a good point. I have railed against these videos as presenting the segway in a negative light because of the absence of a positive light.
Considering your numbers, 3 mil hours of use will have to be seen by someone.
Also, in the past few years, I regularly get approached by neighbors and acquaintances who say they tried a segway on vacation here or there. That was something that just did not happen 6 or 8 years ago.
So, I for one, will lighten up a little on my statements of how this is a site that should encourage positive segway use, and not a good place to make fun of segways, the way that these videos do.