Re:Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injurie...
by stevehawk on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @02:59PM
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Peloton keeps referencing a 'key' that should be preventing this. Is this like a lanyard on a jetski or other devices that you attach to yourself in case you fall which activates a kill switch? If so, does this mean that people are leaving them in during these incidents?
(I'm not going for a 'blame the victim' attempt, I'm just trying to figure out what it is that Peloton was first trying to use as their defense before caving)
Re:Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injurie...
by leafmeal on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @01:08PM
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I'm sorry this happened and I'm glad your child isn't more severely injured.
Re:Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injurie...
by jmeister on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:58PM
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I’m sorry, but what was a 4-year old child doing near a switched-on Peloton? I cannot visualize a chain of events that leads to this scenario happening.
Re:Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injurie...
by ppezaris on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:21AM
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It was the child of a guest at a BBQ that I was hosting. The parents were socializing with other adults while some of the children were playing. They didn't see that the kids had gone into the gym.
Re:Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injurie...
by fuzzylightbulb on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:59PM
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Kids are unpredictable. Parents are human. Shit happens.
Before the accident, we were very happy with both the bike and the treadmill. Now it's scary to think how dangerous they are given what we witnessed first-hand.
The fix seems so simple: a guard at the end of the tread that prevents things from being sucked under it. Kind of mind-numbing that this simple feature isn't included in such a high-end product.