WindingSon Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Yikes: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sandspit-amusement-park-ride-flings-teenager-into-collision-1.3193547 Double Yikes: The owner's response. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 It sounds like they are implying without coming right out and saying it, that the young woman unbuckled her own seatbelt during the ride. I don't think it is likely she had, but it frightens me to think a ride with such forces would ever depend solely on a seatbelt to restrain riders from falling out. I can imagine many ways in which a typical seatbelt could be accidentally released when your body and limbs are flailing around. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindingSon Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 One does wonder how certain coasters have operated for 40 years with just seatbelts then. And some of them used to operate with nothing at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron88stang Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Wow she was really lucky. That could have ended much worse. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 One does wonder how certain coasters have operated for 40 years with just seatbelts then. And some of them used to operate with nothing at all. I never saw a seat belt on a wooden coaster until they appeared at Cedar Point. The first year, children were required to use them. For adults, use was optional. I believe this was the late Eighties. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindingSon Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 I never used a redundant seatbelt on a coaster until I ventured outside of Lagoon. Their coasters only use one restraint, and only one has seatbelts. That's the Jet Star 2, and that's its only restraint. I thought Lagoon's way of going about it was the standard operation for far too long. And you might say the seatbelt on the Jet Star is redundant too. See Zambezi Zinger at Worlds of Fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 A roller coaster has less wild force changes than the ride described. A person might be able to purposefully get out of a coaster if they undid their seatbelt, but the type that only have belts (or buzzbars for that matter) don't typically have the types of forces that would actually throw someone involuntarily from it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Modern ones, yes. A good John Miller ride could throw a rider dozens of feet if not restrained. Strong negative g's not seen on modern rides--except maybe El Toro and the INTAMIN Supermen and sich. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I rode Screechin Eagle (defunct) no seatbelt and only buzzbar.....just as we went over the hill......weeeeee the buzzbar unlocked. We were on our feet over every hill...and very lucky...the only thing holding us in was our death grips. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Here's a very brief video of the ride for those wondering what exactly it does. I found 4 videos of it on YouTube, but this is the only one not shot by someone while actually on the ride... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 http://www.ride-extravaganza.com/intermediate/rok-n-rol/ A very short history of the type of ride. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Last time I rode one of those, I fell out twice. Got back in both times while it was moving too. Of course this was back in the eighties, when kids took there lumps without helmets and participation trophies. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 And back when kids turned into adults that don't know they posted there instead of their. Why can't I edit this on my phone man? And why do phones hinder writing? It's insane. Smart phones that interfere with the English language because 'they' know best. Uh. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Here's a very brief video of the ride for those wondering what exactly it does. I found 4 videos of it on YouTube, but this is the only one not shot by someone while actually on the ride... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1WekptvxEs Thanks! I always have to look up these weirdly named rides. Existential, we were little monsters back then, I don't know how we survived. We bounced back quick. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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