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United States CPSC Issues Safety Warning
Approaching very close to the worst case scenario for Future Motion (the designer and manufacturer of Onewheel) the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has warned Americans to stop buying and riding Onewheel devices. They claim to have received “at least four reported deaths between 2019 and 2021 and multiple reports of serious injuries after the product failed to balance the rider or suddenly stopped while in motion.”
What is Pushback? Future Motion Explains in New Video
Future Motion has released a video which addresses one of the main safety features of a Onewheel: pushback. As the video explains, this function is intended to warn a rider when they are approaching the limits of the board. Kyle Doerksen (CEO) and Jack Mudd (Marketing Director) both appear on camera to demonstrate the physics of a self-balancing vehicle and the reasoning behind pushback.