upstop Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 http://myfox8.com/2014/10/13/zombie-bus-strikes-kills-18-year-old-at-idaho-corn-maze/ Very tragic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Oh dear, it's one of those accidents that you could only see happening in hindsight. I've been on tractor hayrides through a haunted field, the openness lends to the scare factor, but knowing how tractors work, the same accident would have happened. Even then, there was an accidental hanging a few years ago on a tractor scare ride. Evidently, this is a new interactive idea, not scenarios as a hayride would have. I wouldn't know where to begin in rewriting the safety rules for such a new attraction. I feel bad for the actors, the driver, the victim and the participants. These attractions are often kitted with the pumpkin sale at farms, so there were no hard and fast safety regulations in place, as in KI. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Probably a quick and easy safety fix will be to keep a mandatory distance from the vehicle to avoid that? Maybe a bumper system? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I agree, shark6495, Common sense would dictate that zombies stay away from large machinery, such as a bus, (Or a combine) but there's also the desire for the actor to present a 'zombie' scare to the riders. they want an event that will be talked about and bring more customers. They are in a cornfield, where general supervision, if there is any, isn't present. This was an adult, and the bus was moving slowly. I know from my youth that a cornfield field can be caked with slick mud, and perhaps this played a part in the accident. Playing hide and seek as a kid in the cornfield, there's many of time I went home wearing more mud than clothes. I don't know the legalities of licensed haunts, much less pick-up 'family haunts. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 ...much less in Idaho. Add this to the Maine hayride death and nearly two dozen injuries... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Next headline...Halloween is Dangerous! Prayers to the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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