'Segway' human transporter has first recall.Ron Noun 1. Ron - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria Bokkos, Daffo West Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member Medford Medford. 1 City (1990 pop. 57,407), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled 1630, inc. as a city 1892. Wax, paper, clothing, and furniture are among its products. , formerly an Assistant Executive Director for Hazard Identification and Reduction at CPSC CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission (US) CPSC Computer Science (course) CPSC Canadian Plastics Sector Council (Ottawa, ON, Canada) CPSC Chemical Processing Safety Committee , spent 10 months last year on a sabbatical sab·bat·i·cal also sab·bat·ic adj. 1. Relating to a sabbatical year. 2. Sabbatical also Sabbatic Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest. n. A sabbatical year. working for the company that launched the "Segway" human transporter. He is now back at CPSC in another job. One of the product designer's main goals at the time was making sure that the Segway was classified as a "consumer product" rather than as a motor vehicle, for regulatory purposes. Now the Segway has a hazard that needs to be addressed. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Segway and CPSC, the vehicle can lose power, causing the rider to fall. This can happen especially when the batteries are near the end of charge. Segway said it had received three reports of riders falling that may be related to that condition. Owners of the vehicle may receive a free software upgrade that will remedy the problem; Segway said it is also directly contacting owners of the products. Approximately 6,000 of the affected models of the Segway were sold. |
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