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"I don't understand why now?" Bureaucratic inefficiencies. "Is there a bug with onewheels that are causing this injury/death?" There was an issue that the co
by apienx 4y ago
"I don't understand why now?"
Bureaucratic inefficiencies.
"Is there a bug with onewheels that are causing this injury/death?"
There was an issue that the community referred to as "ghosting" whereby the board got a bit out of control. This was fixed with a firmware update. The boards also nosedive when approaching top speed. Some people consider that a bug, but it's just users neglecting instructions and warnings.
- TheCondor 4y agoI know a couple of people injured by the so-called non-bug and they have both dumped their one wheels and feel duped about it. I hate to think that the whole idea is fatally flawed, but it should have enough reserve power to gracefully slow you down if the machine is in trouble. They guys I know, one is a very talented board sporter and broke his collarbone. He takes safety pretty seriously and felt like there was no warning and it just cut out on him. North of 10mph? That's a pretty good tumble for most people, you might not just pop up after it. In the case of my friends, they knew they were going to get hurt, they were setting up ramps and trying to do tricks and things. They entered into it with that in mind and then decided it wasn't for them. Hard to imagine how a total civilian would approach such a device.
- apienx 4y ago"it should have enough reserve power to gracefully slow you down if the machine is in trouble." You're 100% right. It's an avoidable problem. But they choose not to for bragging-rights and top speeds and engineering resources. Chaotic innovation in the personal-transport space is better for us in the long term.