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re: schlitterbahn’s tragic slide
Posted on 7/22/18 at 8:52 pm to Tiger Prawn
Posted on 7/22/18 at 8:52 pm to Tiger Prawn
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Only because the ride attendant loaded the passengers wrong.
If there's one way for a temporary, part time 16 year old high school kid working a summer job (read: highly unskilled, unreliable, and uninterested labor) to load passengers that results in "fun and exhilarating ride for all" and another way that 16 year old can load the exact same passengers that results in "headless 10 year old", that's a gross design flaw.
Whether Little Jimmy gets to be 11 or Little Jimmy gets a casket should never be able to be decided by whether or not the hornball running the waterpark ride gets distracted by a girl in a bikini.
Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
This post was edited on 7/22/18 at 9:10 pm
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Posted on 7/22/18 at 9:10 pm to cgrand
At first I was sympathetic to the schlitterbahn guys because I love the company and their parks but then I read more about what a shitty job they did in this park and at their other parks. Not only that, one of the brothers is a real piece of shite who abused his wife. They all neeed to rot in jail.
Posted on 7/22/18 at 9:26 pm to CapperVin
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The cumulative weight of 546 pounds (248 kg) was under the maximum recommended weight of 550 pounds (250 kg)
Do they weigh people at the top or am I supposed to put my life in the hands of a couple of women being honest about what they weigh?
Posted on 7/22/18 at 10:22 pm to roguetiger15
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Just watched a couple generic videos-The ride doesn’t look that harmful to be honest
As did I, and I agree. It’s pretty weak sauce. I’ll say this though. There may or not be negligence on the part of the park, designers or what have you, but I’m going to say this for posterity... lawyers will be the end of FUN in America. Mark my words.
Posted on 7/22/18 at 10:28 pm to Mike da Tigah
Well this is the wrong case to bring that up
Posted on 7/22/18 at 10:43 pm to CapperVin
Any truth to the rumors that he lied about his age and weight? (he should not have been on the ride in the first place)
Posted on 7/22/18 at 10:47 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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This is going to end up being one of those case studies that people are taught in college, right along with the Challenger disaster, the Kansas City Hyatt Walkway collapse, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, etc.
You forgot to add the McDonald's coffee.
Posted on 7/22/18 at 10:50 pm to IllegalPete
There was no age limit on the ride, only a weight limit. They weigh the participants prior to the ride, allegedly.
Posted on 7/22/18 at 11:05 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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This was one of many gross design errors. ASTM has a design guide for amusement rides. They ignored virtually every part of it in the design of this ride. For instance, riders were held in with straps using "hook and loop closures". These are forbidden by the ASTM guidance, which suggests solid over the shoulder bars and lap bars.
I was reading those guidelines and one design frick-up was so obvious... YOU NEVER put an obstruction in a KNOWN travel-path. Its an absolute!
It was known that rafts sometimes left the slide. And there were metal obstructions in the "flight path" (or potential flight-path".
So this incident was literally waiting to happen.
Also, Velcro in chlorinated water, subject to UV light, plus adhere/release cycles x 10,000... that shite does NOT remain anywhere near "new strength" after a few days in that environment.
Posted on 7/22/18 at 11:23 pm to Mike da Tigah
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lawyers will be the end of FUN in America. Mark my words.
gotta love this place
Posted on 7/22/18 at 11:23 pm to OysterPoBoy
[quote]The cumulative weight of 546 pounds (248 kg) was under the maximum recommended weight of 550 pounds (250 kg)[/quotewait, the recommended weight for a three person raft is >550 lbs?
Seems flawed to have any kids ride at all
Seems flawed to have any kids ride at all
Posted on 7/22/18 at 11:29 pm to IllegalPete
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Any truth to the rumors that he lied about his age and weight? (he should not have been on the ride in the first place)
Article said he was 4’11 and minimum height to ride was 4’6. So he met the requirements
Posted on 7/22/18 at 11:31 pm to castorinho
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Well this is the wrong case to bring that up
Any time is a good time to bring that up. From our ultra litigated society we now find ourselves living in, to our politics, lawyers are squeezing every bit of life out of life itself, and quite honestly, I can see why anyone with the means would be very hesitant to venture into anything that might be a feeding ground for lawyers like an amusement park especially. frick that. Better off investing in bubble wrap with warning labels all over the place that tell people not to confuse it with tide pods and put it in your mouth.
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:21 am to cgrand
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Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:25 am to Barstools
Remember to push yourself in before you leave the bar.
(I kinda smirked at your comment, to be honest.)
Posted on 7/23/18 at 8:02 am to VernonPLSUfan
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Should of gone to Disney World and let the kid swim in the lagoon.
Should have gone to Sea World and let the girls swim with Shamu.
Posted on 7/23/18 at 8:11 am to cgrand
There were multiple opportunities to prevent this, at several times and using several methods, and the park owners didn't take advantage of any of those.
Posted on 7/23/18 at 8:19 am to CapperVin
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LINK
Top of cage seems low to me but WTF do I know
At the beginning of the video, you can hear a kid in line jokingly shout to the guy on the boat, "I hope you live!".
Posted on 7/23/18 at 8:28 am to cgrand
The New Braunfels Schlitterbahn is the Best water park in the country.
Posted on 7/23/18 at 8:34 am to cgrand
I was working in KCMO the day that this happened and it was all over the news so I've been following this story closely. The designer and owner of that water park are facing 2nd degree murder charges from this incident. I believe that kid's dad was a state rep and he was pushing very hard for a murder charge (and succeeded).
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