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Drop the pilot

By Duncan Graham-Rowe

12 February 2000

WATERSKIING is great fun-but it’s not such a blast for the person who has to drive the boat. So while many may welcome the launch next month of a riderless jet ski that can tow a solo waterskier, safety campaigners in the US are already raising concerns about the potential hazards of such a system. Jet skis, they reason, can be dangerous enough if not used carefully-so one that travels well ahead of its “driver” may be even more of a hazard.

Powerful enough to pull even a barefoot skier out of the water, the Solo jet ski from Solo…

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