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Old 02-17-2017, 01:04 PM   #2
Don M
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Probably smart of him!

You can Google and watch videos of all sorts of famous people who have taken a tumble off a Seg - In the book 'Code Name Ginger' I think they mention that President George W Bush tried out the prototype before they were available for sale and it tossed him. There's also a video of him taking a tumble when riding one of the ones his father owned

I always explain to first time riders that it's a computer controlling the rotation of both wheels. So long as the computer is free to move both of the wheels in any direction it wants to, all is fine - It will self balance. Most falls happen when something blocks the motion of a wheel - The computer can't get the wheel to move where it needs it to move to maintain balance and down you go!

So, when you come near anything which could block a wheel, slow down to a crawl and navigate carefully. Then if you do go down, you can hopefully just step off and not get thrown off

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