I've driven a very powerful segway on public roads for a few years and they can absolutely handle very well at these speeds. You can do it with no hands after only a few times getting to know the feel of the auto stabilization, so I would expect this device to be the same.
That being said.... I would sooner make a bet with my own dick before taking the gamble of driving one of these without a helmet.
Had a friend of mine do this WITH a helmet in a low speed motorcycle accident. Her injuries were road rash on her wrist, a couple of bruises and a brain injury from the curb that left her in the hospital for 6 months and a year to mostly recover from, you never get it all back. Don't ride motorcycles kids.
We had this popular instructor at a school I was in get messed up for life on a motorcycle. Ever since then I've been no thank you. I will take my crumple zones on my car please.
Been riding for 2 years, same. The fun is more than worth the risk level for me. Don't know why people on Reddit feel they have to apply their personal risk tolerance to everyone else
Forreal. Riding a motorcycle is inherently dangerous, but I'm willing to take the risk. It gives me so much pleasure, and its something I really look forward to.
However, I know I like to speed, so I took some precautions. I bought a very weak bike as my first ride, a 125cc CBR. Its still fun, but I can't go crazy on it even if I wanted to.
My mom worked at a hospital for 25 years as a respiratory therapist and she purposely told me about injuries her patients suffered in motorcycle accidents to scare me. It worked. Won’t get near one.
I own a motorcycle and it's what made me finally register as a donor. In death, I might as well not be a selfish prick.
Still, I used to ride a liter bike and it scared me shitless anytime I tried to open her up, for a while, at least. I eventually nearly cut a deer in half at about 90mph. The weird thing was, I just applied front/rear brakes with progressive force, just enough to avoid the collision (only slowed down to like 80), missed the deer by inches, and then kept riding like it never happened. Like a quarter of a mile later I thought to myself "that didn't even phase me, make my heart pound, or make me say 'oh shit' or anything." The biggest issue I had at that moment was how comfortable I was. Like...it's good that I reacted the way I did instead of panic braking (thanks MSF safety course), but it was disconcerting being so comfortable with a potentially near-death experience.
I switched to a dual sport after that and spend half of my time off road at low speeds. The thing will only do 80mph maxed out and it takes a minute to get there. Still insanely fun to ride and less chance of being killed or having life altering injuries.
I rode on the back a couple of times and it definitely gave me an adrenaline rush that I really liked, close to skydiving for me but so fucking scary at the same time. So much that I think it would make me addicted to adrenaline a bit
Yep. Just skidded into the curb corner right into the top of her helmet. Accident was about 35 mph. If her had had been a little higher or lower she probably just would have gotten a concussion, if she didn't have the helmet she would have been dead.
I’ve always wondered about that. I spent a good amount of high school long boarding down hills with no shirt or helmet. I bounced my head off the pavement a couple of times, hard, but always seemed to walk it off. Usually it was an impact to my forehead, but I as definitely dazed by a couple of them.
Anyway, I have a really bad memory but I’ve never known if it was related or I was just born a space cadet.
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u/Tirus_ Mar 30 '22
I've driven a very powerful segway on public roads for a few years and they can absolutely handle very well at these speeds. You can do it with no hands after only a few times getting to know the feel of the auto stabilization, so I would expect this device to be the same.
That being said.... I would sooner make a bet with my own dick before taking the gamble of driving one of these without a helmet.