I have to agree with @Ackmaniac that is some type of remote issue…not sure if it’s related to the actual signal or settings.
Man this Esk8 crashes are getting more and more epic
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Its only a matter of time until someone makes the news.
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Tis true… … eh…people get hurt or killed all the time…it’s when it becomes major property damage…now that’s when we are fucked…let’s just say that fire set the whole dang train 
set a blaze 
lol holy cheese and biscuits Batman…that’s when we get under the microscope and people start really paying attention.
Maybe we start collectively, some how police ourselves, by maybe setting up some standard rules of the road type stuff that’s common sense but not too restrictive. A difficult balance. Maybe some safety tips in various subjects. Maybe we have people re check some of the components that were used in his build, maybe other people have experienced the same issue. Collecting that type of data would be useful in many different ways.
Just ideas to keep the party going under the nose of the man.
I mean technically most of the production boards are actually illegal in CA according to the esk8 law which includes boosted/evolve, not to mention the DIYer. The law def needs to be changed as I’ve read somewhere that the law was heavily influenced by an esk8 company to have the it specifically cater to their boards specs of having a speed of 20mph or less. Lobbying at its finest.
More attention could be both good or bad depending on the circumstances.
Huh? Most production boards are not illegal in CA. Some are illegal, but most fall within the legal realm. Even those that have higher than legal wattage ratings are okay simply because it’s impossible to enforce.
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I’m just going straight off this thread not aware if the laws been changed recently.
Near the middle says maximum speed of 20mph. While its true no cop is gonna pull you over and check out your 18650 cells, it could be bad though if you somehow end up in a courtroom situation which is entirely possible given what happened to quietbun.
yea that’s why nearly all mfg’s limit their speed, but really no one’s gonna bust you for going 22mph either. Also, the law, IIRC, only applies the wattage limit at the motors, not discharge potential or watt hours of a pack.
Yea I have yet to see anyone get pulled over in SF for riding their board. Most cops don’t even give a second glance. How you find yourself in a courtroom is a different matter though.
What I’m saying is if someone finds themselves in a courtroom talking with a judge, they might refer to the law and see it stating max speed 20mph while boosted and evolve are blatantly advertising 22mph+ top speed. I’ve never been in a courtroom so I don’t know how closely judges follow the law or how lenient they are.
Makes me wonder what happened to the guy in this thread
It’s not illegal to have a board that goes over 20mph though, it’s only illegal to go 20mph. Like cars they can go much faster than our speed limits, whether or not you do determines whether or not you’re breaking the law.
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Gonna quote evoheyax
The law mentions the design of the board based on whether or not it is capable of 20mph+, drawing a line between electric skateboard or motorized skateboard (which is illegal apparently).
ah guess I remembered wrong. There are a lot of boards that fit the bill (literally) though. Riptide, Meepo, Genesis/Koowheel. The cheaper boards should fall within legality.
Those trains are on market, also embarcadero, I was on market and I saw an ambulance and fire truck behind me. I’m not sure if it was for this accident but just after that one street over I no doubt was being stalked by cops! They pulled over waited for me to pass and then pulled right behind me. I just followed the rules as if I was a car. I’ve never seen that before, it definitely was odd. Probably a coincidence.
Best solution for me is not to ride in the city, or any place with a lot of people/traffic.
Yep, I’ve been following traffic rule, stop and yield to pedestrians. I always ride below 17mph. Thankfully the speed was slow and no one was hurt. We tried our best to put out the fire before the firetruck came. This is unfortunate, and I spoke to city Train authority, police and the Fire Fighter. There was no issue, or ticket of any traffic violation. My post was to raise concern about losing control during ride, and potential accident.
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I’ve had the same issue, but with wired thumb throttle controls, in some cases damaging permanently the adc pins of the microcontroller. It was because of voltage spikes. I suggest not riding a vehicle without the skills/means to control it offline.
The dang Market Street in San Francisco is a burial site for skateboarders. This is the second mishap this week. I just saw a video post of a local e-boarder eating his teeth on Market’s uneven 150-year old-pave-street car-rail-crissxcrossed-reef looking surface.
That cryo is an insensible dude. (but hey quietbun, if you want to get rid of them flies 
I wouldn’t be mad if you give me a call) 
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Yea you dont realise how shitty the roads really are until you ride an esk8. I actually had a close encounter like this too on third street because of an elevated crack in the middle of the road that caused me to get thrown off. Thankfully my board flew into the middle inbetween the two tracks near the platform and the only damage was to the nose of the board.
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That sucks man i know how much it can hurt spending so much time effort and money on a project only to see it go just like that its happened to me with Cars. Just be glad you are alive and well to keep going and making new projects that are better than ever!
it did sound like a remote problem in hindsight it may have worked again if you powered down the remote and back on again while still on the board but things happen so fast that if you havnt already thought about what to do in a situation by the time you figure it out its too late. Its scary because no amount of foot braking or sliding would have stopped the board.
My two main boards uses the Raptor 1 deck where the power button in on top of the deck. Maybe having it is not a bad design after all since that would’ve prevent this runoff if you reach down and turn the board off.
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Also note the magic word “averaging” — so if you have dual 7000 watt motors but an average of your power on your trip is under 1000W then you are okay. The average will almost always be under 1000W. Especially if you get technical and include the times when you apply brakes as negative wattage, which technically, it is.
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