In a bizarre twist, James Heselden, owner of the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter, died Sunday morning in a Segway-related mishap -- just before the scheduled release of a study suggesting injuries related to the vehicles may be on the rise.

Apparently, the owner of the company wasn't safe.  You can't make this kind of stuff up.  To read the rest of the article, click here.

"NO! They look dorky as well. I see a lot of them around Fisherman's Wharf - very dangerous like a bunch of perambulating bowling pins. Also the little buggy cars running around with idiots in helmuts." -- Jack Sarfatti