Trips

If a Wheel can’t move, the Segway HT is in danger of losing balance.

Avoid holes, curbs, steps, and other obstacles.

A person trips when she unexpectedly hits an obstacle with her foot or steps into a hole or off a curb. The person leans forward, expecting to take a normal stride, but the obstacle, hole, or curb prevents her leg from moving as expected, and she trips. The Segway HT can trip in the same way. If a Segway HT Wheel runs into an obstacle, wall, hole, or off a curb or step, the Segway HT might not be able to move as necessary to stay upright, and the Segway HT and rider could fall. To be safe, you must avoid riding into holes, walls, other obstacles, or into or off curbs or steps. Also, you must avoid riding over any surface where the bottom of the Segway HT may strike any object.

Be careful on terrain changes.

You must be very careful when riding over any terrain change (such as from pavement to grass, or over a threshold or speed bump). Every terrain change is a potential obstacle.

Use caution in narrow places.