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re: Fatality at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted on 10/12/26 at 4:56 pm to BottomlandBrew
Posted on 10/12/26 at 4:56 pm to BottomlandBrew
I know parks don’t like redundant safety devices because they slow down filling and emptying the rides, but an additional restraint isn’t a bad idea as rides push the envelope.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:02 pm to Hoyt
The article said one died and four others were injured. How would others get injured?
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:03 pm to Eightballjacket
Goodbye Goliath.
Should have went with the over shoulder restraint.
Should have went with the over shoulder restraint.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:03 pm to Coater
Guy tossed out of seat into air on the decent down a hill and falls on/bounces off some in the rows behind him?
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:05 pm to forkedintheroad
quote:It has been open for 20 years and I believe this is the first to fall out.
Should have went with the over shoulder restraint.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:07 pm to Jake88
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On this ride and many like it the drops lift you off of your seat. The lap restraint is all that is keeping you in your seat.
That and me death gripping whatever handles are available
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:07 pm to CocomoLSU
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Didn’t someone in Orlando fall from one of those tower drop rides at a sketchy park a few years ago? Don’t remember if that was restraint failure.
That was a gigantic dude who wasn’t properly locked into the restraints. They should’ve never let him on the ride.
Was he with his Aunt Janice?
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:08 pm to athenslife101
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Didn’t someone in Orlando fall from one of those tower drop rides at a sketchy park a few years ago? Don’t remember if that was restraint failure. Usually a part of the premium for paying for a nicer park is all the additional safety testing.
Ride worked properly as designed
Employee modified the restraint to where it did not engage properly and when ride slowed down for ground approach he slid out of harness.
Poor poor training and ride ops.
Tower was taken down none the less.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:10 pm to Hondo Blacksheep
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That would be the centripetal force - centrifugal force being the false force that makes us feel like we're falling outward attributable to the angular momentum outpacing the true centripetal force because the former has a quadratic component.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:11 pm to Hoyt
I don’t know why anyone rides these rides
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:13 pm to tilco
Goliath is a fun ride! However, you’re only held in be a triangle shaped latch that doesn’t even cover your entire legs. My butt leaves the seat over the first hump no matter how hard I push the triangle down!
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:19 pm to Hoyt
Confusing in that link. 1 dead and 4 injured. Makes it sound like more like it struck something.
Maybe the 4 injured is incorrect
Maybe the 4 injured is incorrect
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:22 pm to BottomlandBrew
These amusement parks are run by humans and many of them are not very bright. I hate them and get so nervous when my kids are on these rides.
This post was edited on 10/12/26 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:24 pm to UltimaParadox
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Confusing in that link. 1 dead and 4 injured. Makes it sound like more like it struck something.
Maybe the 4 injured is incorrect
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Witnesses told the news station that the person fell out of the Goliath roller coaster and struck the ride multiple times.
https://x.com/marcusleshock/status/2109766185474543691
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:25 pm to TigahTeeth
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However, you’re only held in be a triangle shaped latch that doesn’t even cover your entire legs. My butt leaves the seat over the first hump no matter how hard I push the triangle down!
The Mako at SeaWorld is like this. I’m usually an enjoyer of roller coasters but when I got off of that one I said “frick all that”!
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:27 pm to TDsngumbo
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amusement parks are run by humans and many of them are not very bright. I hate them and get so nervous when my kids are on these rides.
Same. I fricking hate amusement parks because of the people who run them and the risk/reward analysis part of my brain is flashing BAD IDEA in huge red letters the whole time I am there.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:31 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Statistically speaking large amusement parks like cedar point are extremely safe.
Much more likely to be injured or die driving there.
Even safer than flying
Much more likely to be injured or die driving there.
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the chance of being seriously injured on a fixed-site amusement park ride in the U.S. is roughly 1 in 15.5 million rides taken. The chance of a fatality on a roller coaster is even rarer, estimated at around 1 in 750 million.
Even safer than flying
This post was edited on 10/12/26 at 5:32 pm
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:32 pm to bikerack
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Witnesses told the news station that the person fell out of the Goliath roller coaster and struck the ride multiple times.
How horrible would that be to witness? Even if the person doesn't hit you, just to see a body bouncing down the ride train. Nightmare fuel.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:33 pm to Cosmo
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Ive never been on a roller coaster that completely relied on a restraint Usually g forces keep you in seat. Restraints are just extra
The Superman ride relies on restraints almost completely. I remember being terrified the whole time because of it
Posted on 10/12/26 at 5:33 pm to PJinAtl
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