If by “killed by a Segway”, you mean the one guy who drove his off a cliff, then I guess I might agree with that very limited viewpoint.
However, the original Segs are fundamentally much safer, having redundant control systems and batteries. For machine-inherent safety, the new machines are not in the same league as the originals....but they are less expensive. Personally, I like redundancy in aircraft I fly in, and two-wheeled balancing transporters.
In most states and localities, Segs are perfectly legal. You apparently do not know the story of how Segway itself lobbied in almost every state to get Segs classified by governments as EPAMDs.
That said, I agree that a forum with so few posts does not need to be split.
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