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Yes, I would certainly take the word of a 13 year old Atlanta boy who didn't even ride the coaster this year as to its quality of maintenance.
Well, if you had read the whole thread you'd realize that the rollercoaster was shut down twice by state inspectors in 2017. I'd say the kid's comments were accurate. A properly maintained rollercoaster isn't bumpy.
If you go on a rollercoaster you should only do so with the expectation that you might die, and no fair complaining if you do.
Do you think that anyone on that rollercoaster was made aware that state inspectors shut it down 3 times in the past year for safety violations? Or that it had just re-opened after being shut down for the past month for safety violations? I'm guessing none of them knew, and I'm guessing that none of them would have gone on that rollercoaster if they had known.
Is it fair for the park to withhold that information?
I don't necessarily disagree with you regarding an expectation of death if you choose to go on a rollercoaster. However, I'd say your odds are much better when a rollercoaster has been properly maintained. And inspection info, including all previous violations, should be clearly posted for potential riders.
I think the people on this rollercoaster have every right to complain.
Well, if you had read the whole thread you'd realize that the rollercoaster was shut down twice by state inspectors in 2017. I'd say the kid's comments were accurate. A properly maintained rollercoaster isn't bumpy.
Not true, there is a couple wooden coasters at Kings Island In Cincinnati (the beast, The racer), they are extremely bumpy, but thats just the way they are. The Racer first opened around the early 70s, still running today.
Not true, there is a couple wooden coasters at Kings Island In Cincinnati (the beast, The racer), they are extremely bumpy, but thats just the way they are. The Racer first opened around the early 70s, still running today.
If you go on a rollercoaster you should only do so with the expectation that you might die, and no fair complaining if you do.
That expectation, or risk, is precisely what the attraction is. No fear or thrills, no riders. That's fine for those enjoy the adrenaline rush and excitement regardless of the risk. For myself, and probably many others, entertainment is not a good enough reason for even a remote chance of injury or death.
I just saw on NBC Nightly News that this rollercoaster has a history of maintenance problems -- including excessive corrosion and damaged cars. Inspectors shut it down 2 times in 2017. It was also shut down last month, and didn't re-open until just hours before this accident.
34 foot drop, and 9 people rushed to the hospital.
This is the main reason I avoid small park rides. They don't have the funds to buy good new equipment and maintain it.
I think the people on this rollercoaster have every right to complain.
(By the way, a dead person can't complain!)
Sharp of you to catch that, redplum. Heh.
We're such a goofy, self-destructive society these days. What's wrong with Caveat emptor - let the buyer beware?
When you're trusting your life to a machine you really should take time to find out how reliable the machine is. With a smart phone that shouldn't be too difficult.
If you don't check the unspoken message is that it doesn't occur to you if you ride you may die (in which case the gene pool has been relieved of one more clueless person.)
Or the message is that you are willingly taking the risk. Seems simple to me. I get so tired of people blaming others and profiting from the results of their own uninformed decisions.
All that logic I just typed sounds so cruel and unfeeling. That's just from the perspective of science and nature. Personally my sympathies lie with the victims and their families for their losses.
Sometimes accidents happen. Sometimes it's the fault of the chooser; sometimes of the provider. Either way they're painful and irreversible in their finality. No amount of blame changes that a whit.
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