USA Today published an interesting article on what actually happened when Mr. Bush fell off his Segway last week (Story/Photo):

"President Bush meant to fall off his Segway. Oh, I'm sure of it. What we've got here is a clever conspiracy . a pre-emptive strike to save the oil industry from a technology that could sap its power. Over the weekend, while on vacation, Bush looked like Chevy Chase doing a Gerald Ford imitation as he stepped onto the platform of a Segway personal transportation scooter and went flying right off. The first U.S. president to try a Segway supposedly forgot to turn it on, so the gyroscopic stabilizers couldn't automatically balance him."