Blog iii - One Look at Onewheels
Electric skate board company, Future Motion (FM), is forced to update their boards to the chagrin of some customers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ordered Future Motion to recall 300,000 of it's boards in 2022, on the basis that all 300,000 boards where inherently flawed. The recall came after four people died from crashes off of Future Motions boards. Future Motion was quick to point out that three of the riders were not wearing helmets, and that their boards already had safety warnings for riders at high speeds. In an effort to show the CPSC that any deaths were from user error, and that they would be making a mistake to force a recall Future Motion used it's Instagram @onewheel to rally support from riders. In 48 hours 4,000 letters were hand delivered to the CPSC headquarters in Washington DC. This did not stop the CPSC from pressing forward in demanding a recall, but it did bring the onewheel community closer together. This video changed my perspective of
