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Not that I wish anyone hurt, I do wonder if there isn't some abandonment of common sense - moving things result in accidents, there's no way to prevent that, an
by archsurface 3y ago
Not that I wish anyone hurt, I do wonder if there isn't some abandonment of common sense - moving things result in accidents, there's no way to prevent that, and if you don't want to get hurt don't use them. For example, I was cycling through a large park this evening, empty because the weather was gloomy and it was a Saturday evening. Cars, cyclists, walkers and joggers use the road through the park but only myself and one other cyclist were on the long straight heading towards each other. When he was about 20 meters in front of me he suddenly fell into the grass on the side of the road. No potholes, no animals, no gust of wind, no broken parts, ... just over he went. A lapse of concentration? No idea. He climbed back on and continued. Point being that even with perfect conditions people still manage to come a cropper.
- buffington 3y agoI'm normally in the "use your common sense" camp for sure, but with One Wheels, I feel a bit different. They're very easy to ride. It takes about 5-15 minutes to learn how to ride them well enough to go very fast. I love the thrill of going fast on stuff, but I think the One Wheel and similar devices need to be capped to a "safe" speed (where science determines "safe"). If a firmware update came out that did that today, I probably wouldn't even notice, because I don't ever let it get above 10-15mph if I can help it.