Segway company owner dies riding Segway off cliff?

[AcesandEights]

Someone fact check this, it's soaked in too much rich irony. Segway company owner dies riding two-wheeled machine off cliff The multi-millionaire businessman, 62, fell into the River Wharfe while inspecting the grounds of his North Yorkshire estate on a rugged country version of the Segway. The Segway is a motorised scooter which use gyroscopes to remain upright and is controlled by the direction in which the rider leans. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said today: "Police were called at 11.40am yesterday to reports of a man in the River Wharfe, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above. "A Segway-style vehicle was recovered. He was pronounced dead at the scene. "At this time we do not believe the death to be suspicious." Heselden was worth £166m and ranked 395th on the Sunday Times Rich List. The former miner made his millions from defence contracts. He created a unique portable wire cage water containment system which when filled with earth and sand proved a major defence against bullets, missiles and suicide attacks. His founded his first company HESCO Bastions with his redundancy pay when he was laid off from the mines. The wire cage systems developed by Bastions have become standard military equipment for Nato as well as American and British forces. The Segway operation was acquired by a UK based company backed by Heselden.

[SRP76]

How do you not see a cliff coming? Stop before you go over it.

[bassman]

How do you not see a cliff coming? Stop before you go over it. Maybe the Segways are becoming self aware.

[MoonSylver]

After doing a quick google it seems every major & minor news agency around are reporting it. Plus I read it on Wikipedia, so it must be true. ( )

[Rancid Carcass]

Maybe the Segways are becoming self aware. I guess this is it then - it's either the start of The Terminator or The Matrix...

[MikePizzoff]

This is a good party topic.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Man the irony in this is funny, although the situation is sad.

[SymphonicX]

Irony in this case is that the guy was killed on his own product? Isn't that just a coincidence? Wouldn't it be ironic if he was doing a presentation of the safety features of the device as he went over?

[bassman]

Wouldn't it be ironic if he was doing a presentation of the safety features of the device as he went over? "As you can see, the new all terrain segway has certain safety features. One of which will prevent the device from nearing the edge of any tall cliAHHHHHHH"

[DjfunkmasterG]

"As you can see, the new all terrain segway has certain safety features. One of which will prevent the device from nearing the edge of any tall cliAHHHHHHH" That is so wrong, but funny

[MikePizzoff]

Irony in this case is that the guy was killed on his own product? Isn't that just a coincidence? Wouldn't it be ironic if he was doing a presentation of the safety features of the device as he went over? Couldn't you say it's slightly ironic since Segways are supposedly 100% "safe of injury" as they're built to not tip over?

[bassman]

Couldn't you say it's slightly ironic since Segways are supposedly 100% "safe of injury" as they're built to not tip over? Much like a cat, do you think the segway landed on it's wheels once it reached the bottom?....

[MikePizzoff]

Much like a cat, do you think the segway landed on it's wheels once it reached the bottom?.... Deep, man... deep...

[LouCipherr]

Maybe the Segways are becoming self aware. It's Skynet, man.... Skynet!

[bassman]

Deep, man... deep...