http://www.hometownstation.com/local-news/...30-08-07-3.html

*slaps head*.

Again? Twice in one year?

Oh, it's more than twice...and that's even if you don't count a tiger, fences, and teens...

There's also the death at Six Flags Over Georgia where the kid scaled two fences and there's the worker who was killed retrieving a hat at Seaside in New Jersey, and that's just off the top of my head. Goes to look:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/s...ter_worker.html

Do, know, however, that so far the man hit by Ninja survives...

Well it sounds to me like something ought to be done to prevent these things, luckly he survived this time.

As iChase pointed out in the second post in this thread after the SFOG Batman incident:

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?...l=Batman++fence

he DID jump the fence. What would you propose the parks do? Build them twenty feet high? Electrify them? It's easy to say things, but what would you do to prevent this? Not allow people to wear hats to parks?

On the other hand, as I asked in that very thread, how is it possible for these people to get into these restricted areas? It really shouldn't be.

And it shouldn't be possible to climb out of the restraints on roller coasters, but that happened to.

I guess the moral of the story is,

You can prevent accidents, but you can never prevent stupidity.

Wow i guess he was modeling himself after the kid at SFOG.

Well he didn't complete his task, he lived.

See also:

http://www.thrillnetwork.com/stories_view....er_coaster.html

One of my favorite quotes comes from the legendary American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. "There is nothing more uncommon then common sense."

If you loose an item on a ride, how hard is it to ask the ride ops for it/complete a lost item form? Granted, most of the major parks will tell you they can`t go get said articles until the park has closed for the evening (in fact The Crypt/TRTR used to say "we cannot retrieve lost articles until the end of the evening, if at all".

Is a hat really worth getting injured or killed? Why do people think that they can enter restricted areas? Do they not realize that they are restricted areas for safety reasons? The stupidity of a select few of the general public is often amazing. Having worked at Coney, I have seen proof of that fact, unfortunately. Fortunately, however, most of them involved guests saying stupid things and not entering restricted areas of rides.

I must again point out, one of the deaths this summer was of a ride operator retrieving a hat at Seaside, Casino Pier in New Jersey...For whatever reason, this incident got very little publicity outside of New Jersey. Ride operators' lives are just as important as those of guests...

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/s...ter_worker.html

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A...7/NEWS/80717044

I lost my badge (I am a "law enforcement officer") on a ride this year... I filled out the form, gave them my cell number, and received a call and the return of my badge before I left the park.... All of the park police and employees who were involved were very polite and professional!!

by contrast, there are those who are willing to risk thwir lives for a hat....... There is something called a "Darwin Award" for them......

I'm sorry, I just have to:

Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!

Terpy, who has been both a law enforcement officer of a sort and a badge wearer during some of his many different careers (I also served fries with that in another...)

And 9/11 sure changed that 'quote'...now we almost all need stinkin' badges!

Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!

Ohh, ohh, I know that one, don't tell me that movie, don't tell me,

OK tell me.

It is one of the most common misquotes ever. The reality is here:

Blazing Saddles, of course.

What was said:

"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" --Gold Hat, as played by Alfonso Bedoya

It is one of the most common misquotes ever. The reality is here:

Blazing Saddles, of course.

What was said:

"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" --Gold Hat, as played by Alfonso Bedoya

Great Movie.

" and there's the worker who was killed retrieving a hat at Seaside in New Jersey, and that's just off the top of my head. "

Am I the only one who saw this? I didn't think it was intended, but with Interpreter, you never know.

As of yesterday, the man remains in critical condition:

http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/278241.html

You can bet that plenty of lawyers are calling his family about a lawsuit down the road.

It does seem amazing the extent that park guests will go to for trying to get lost articles, but what amazes me even more is that so many roller coasters now have bins and different containers for loose articles to try to prevent this, as well as those lovely 'please secure all loose articles' signs. But maybe you just need to throw some barbed wire up there to keep people out

And here I was thinking how sweet it'd be to post a YouTube video of me dancing on Millennium Force's track!!!

Both the track really close to the queue ramp after the bunny hop would be a good access spot, AND the very bottom of the first drop would be a good access spot from Perimeter Rd.!!

The parks should, obviously, make it so that guests can't accidentally enter an area. Like a track parallel to the pathway with no fence or restriction is a major hazard- a guest could trip or walk into/onto it when not paying attention. Honestly, a four-foot fence should be all that's needed, plus the signs.

People can be so stupid. They have a fence there for a reason and if you get hurt its your own fault.

"Duh, I lost my hat on the Swinging Suspended Ride. I'll just hop the fence where it says 'Restricted' and get it back...................Wait, what the?" SMACK!

Lawsuit Countdown: 3-5 weeks.

Nope, nope and nope. Nearly every personal injury attorney will wait until the Statute of Limitation has almost run before filing suit. In most states, that is either a year or two years. They wait so they can claim all possible damages and so that, I suppose, the defendant may be less able to defend itself. Very few lawyers would file suit in three to five weeks, except, perhaps, publicity seeking hounds.

Yey! By then I won't care!