I would break my damn neck on that thing lol
It is like a segway... it balances front to back, you just lean forward to go forward, and back to reverse or stop. Side to side it is like a bike... once moving it just stays upright with little effort. (Same on turns)
I can find the video of a 65/67-year old man riding it all around tight places, while holding a boom-camera, and even riding backwards... (Where the video ends as he hits the curb, riding backwards, busting his ass.
That is the only time you see the guy riding it. xD)
Found it -->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMjdPJFTqTcIf you can ride a bike, or roller-skates or ice-skates, or a unicycle... You can ride this easy. Takes about a day to get over fear... then a week later you will have mastered it. (Just like when you learned to ride a bike.) Only when you fall off this, you don't get hurt... You just run or step forward. No handle-bars to flip over.
I ride mine while smoking a cigarette and drinking my morning coffee, on the way to work. (I only work about half a mile from my house. Right outside my neighborhood.)