GRAND RAPIDS, MI – West Michigan universities are among a growing group of colleges that have banned hoverboards from campus over concerns about fires and injury.
As of January, the two-wheeled, self-balancing scooters have been banned from more than 30 colleges either campus-wide or partially, such as from residential halls...."We believe that many of the reported incidents, and the related unreasonable risk of injuries and deaths associated with the fires in these products, would be prevented if all such projects were manufactured in compliance with the referenced voluntary safety standards," according to the letter.
In addition to some hoverboards catching fire, the agency said people have fallen and received concussions, fractures, contusions and abrasions, and internal organ injuries."
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