UConn: No More Hoverboards

[Drew]

http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-uconn-hoverboard-ban-0108-20160107-story.html


"Gliding around the UConn's buildings at campuses across the Connecticut on a hoverboard is not allowed, officials said Thursday.

In a public safety announcement, university officials said the devices – which are two-wheeled, self-balancing and motorized – also cannot be stored or charged in any university buildings including dorms.

"We definitely growth in popularity and a growth in numbers as the semester was going on," said Stephanie Reitz, the university spokeswoman. Despite this, few students could be seen riding them on campus, she noted.

With that growth in popularity, the university began looking into regulations, she said. Also, recent claims of the devices catching fire drew the university's attention.


"We started looking at it more closely in the fall semester," she said. The ban was effective immediately."

 

[huskymedic]

http://www.bostonherald.com/lifesty...l_students_to_leave_their_hoverboards_at_home

>>More than 30 universities have banned or restricted hoverboards on their campuses in recent weeks, saying the two-wheeled, motorized scooters are unsafe. Beyond the risk of falls and collisions, colleges are citing warnings from federal authorities that some of the self-balancing gadgets have caught on fire.

"It's clear that these things are potentially dangerous," said Len Dolan, managing director of fire safety at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. The public school of 14,000 students issued a campus-wide ban effective on Monday, telling students in an email that any hoverboards found on campus would be confiscated.

"These things are just catching fire without warning, and we don't want that in any of our dorms," Dolan said.<<

 

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[DarthGrumpy]

Just be glad that Russel Crowe's kids aren't going to UConn or no one would ever hear the end of it.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/29/entertainment/russell-crowe-virgin-australia-twitter-rant/