| Name |
Views and Comments | Date |
| taylor |
i think you are right i went to six flags and i almost felt out of this ride and my hair was tied back and everything like you said im only 11 it was thie ninja roller coaster and after looking at the rides on youtube and pictures on google it really makes me think the same as you |
6/13/2009 |
| cj |
i think you need to fix your rides people! |
10/17/2008 |
| Roy |
People have to get a grip... statistically you have more chance of being killed by a falling coconut than on a ride, no matter your age.
People don't seem to realize that deaths will eventually happen from anything, no matter how many safety rules you implement.
20,000 people died of the flu in the USA in 2004... I guess we should start an organization called "SaferAir " where we have a committee of soccer moms creating press releases about why you should avoid being closer than 100ft to other people. |
9/11/2008 |
| someone |
Girl's feet were severed today at kentucky kingdom on a ride called the hellavator, the cable on the ride snapped and wrapped around a girls feet. |
6/21/2007 |
| www employee |
i know that if people would follow the safety guidelines then we wouldn't have so many accidents. |
5/15/2007 |
| Sabatont |
hi im back again, you freak! you are all zeasveta's!!!! |
8/7/2006 |
| S. Taylor |
Amusement Park Dangers --
Years ago, I was the victim of a possibly defective amusement park ride in Houston. When we were about 10 or 11, my two friends and I rode a Tilt-A-Whirl ride at Six Flags/Astroworld. The park had two such rides and one was called the Octopus, but I cannot remember the name of the other one, or which one we were riding at the time.
This type of ride has "cars" arranged in a circle, like a horizontal ferris wheel. Each of the "cars" (gondolas?) are positioned at the ends of metal shafts that resemble the spokes of a big wheel. The ride revolves in a circle while also moving the cars up and down. When the car goes up in the air, the seat tilts to the right. When the car goes down, the seat tilts to the left. In some of these rides, the car itself can also spin in circles. Though the design is different, the movement of the tilt-o-whirl ride is similar to that of the Himalaya, a ride that has caused accidents and at least one death.
When we boarded this ride at Astroworld, all three of us kids climbed into the same car. Our parents were elsewhere in the park. Shortly after the ride started up, the passenger restraining arm came open, and that apparently caused the door to come unlatched. Actually, I am still not sure what happened, but suddenly there was nothing holding us in the car except the strength of our arms, which were gripping anything we could hold onto. It was all we could do to avoid being thrown from the ride.
The operator probably thought we were screaming because the ride was so thrilling, but these were screams of terror and it was the only time I have ever screamed on an amusement park ride. We were hollering for him to stop the ride, but to no avail. Despite our desperate grips on the sides and front of the car, we were sliding around on the seat, bumping the sides of the car and each other, getting bruised and banged up. And each time the seat tilted toward the side where passengers boarded, we nearly fell out the door.
Though it lasted only a few minutes, the ride seemed like it would never end. We were so relieved when the ride came to a stop and we had survived.
I don't remember if we told the ride operator what had happened, because we were so scared by that time and in such a hurry to get out of there. No formal complaints were lodged and nobody sued anybody, as far as I know. If we had lost our grip and gone flying out of the car, getting seriously injured or killed, I suppose it would be a different story.
The experience caused me to fear most amusement park rides, ever since.
I don't know what caused the problem with this ride. Was it a defect? Or did the operator not fasten the safety restraints properly? I think there should be an alarm that alerts the operator if a safety restraint comes loose or a door opens while the ride is in motion. Operators should also be taught to watch for problems with the ride. Obviously, the operator in my case was not able to detect a problem, despite our cries for help. It is a miracle that none of us were ejected from the ride, but some people are not so lucky, and I know that these types of rides have caused injury and death.
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6/30/2006 |
| Sorry.... |
i'll leave now im getting silly |
3/16/2006 |
| Sabotant |
You nabatist |
3/16/2006 |
| Moriah McIntosh |
I personally think that some rides are too dangerous. A lot of deaths that happen aren't caused by the rides. They're caused by the individual person. |
10/14/2005 | |
