Right before we all unavoidably enter the William Henry Gates of inferno , you’re able to bet we ’ll pass by a large pile of smoldering , cruddy , and recently ablaze hoverboards . fortunately , such a aggregation was recently confiscate by British officials , so we now have a go at it exactly what the end looks like .
Last week , trading standards officeholder in Surrey , England snapped up a cell of 90 hoverboards imported from Hong Kong . After the motorize twat chariot pass through Heathrow Airport , they finish up at an inspection point in Surrey , where officials substantiate they were all kinds of sleep with up .
“ The boards were found to have defective battery packs and other incorrect features which could have result to them exploding without warning , ” the Surrey County Councilsaidon Thursday .
As a precautionary measure , the instrument panel were destroyed to ensure they would n’t causememory lossor other anatomy ofbodily harmto members of the unsuspecting public .
But to make matter worse — or better , depending on your perspective — some of the hoverboards actually caught firing when official attempted to destroy them . ( Does this imply they ’re becoming sentient ? Oh god . )
“ Some caught fire and had to be doused with a powder - based fire extinguisher , ” the council say .
The sorry , sad bone of the remaining hoverboards were subsequently crushed and recycled . Another 50 were seize while officials essay to figure out exactly what ’s going on .
The good solution ? combust them . sunburn them all , before they burn us .
[ Surrey County CouncilviaHuffington Post ]
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