if anyone gets this message b4 6,channel 7 is having a pice on rollercoaster safty.
ok i just watched it and they are saying that there has been 16 casses of brain dammage reported on rollercoasters in the past few years.they also added that over 25 million people ride rollercoasters every year without a problem.
*** This post was edited by hothitz on 5/10/2000. ***
There is a big news piece and debate about this over at coasterbuzz.com
-------------
Neil
By popular vote, the official start of the
millennium has been moved to
May 13, 2000
Yeah, 13 Action News did a thing on roller coaster injuries and safety-They said since '95 or '96 only 3 major injuries(such as broken bone, etc.) have occured @ CP. None of them occured on the coasters. Hmmmm.......roller coasters aren't safe, huh? One of the injuries was a young girl ran into a poll getting off of a major ride. This goes to show you that the GP is the cause of most of the problems that parks such as CP have.
Sorry for the rambling.
---------------
JRY
I recall hearing of only 1 death at CP, and this was after riding a coaster, maybe asthma attack or something. Is there any truth to this? A lot of rumors ive heard say people have been hurt on the Wildcat, but I think people just say that.
sorry for the not so happy post, but it has to do with the topic...
-------------
Whats life if you never get to the point?
*** This post was edited by Hurricane_6 on 5/10/2000. ***
One death was a 14 year old girl 2 or 3 years ago I think. It was on the Wildcat. An autopsy revealed she had an unknown to her - heart problem which led to her death. NOTHING to do with the operation of the ride.
Thanks Rob for conferming that.
-------------
Whats life if you never get to the point?
It was in the 80s, not two or three years ago. I don't know the specific year, but it was in the 80s.
Channel 7 News is doing a report on the MF to night at 5 or 6.
It was in fact 3 years ago, because the kid went to my high school...I do recall the moment of silence for him. It was after riding a coaster he went into the bathroom and died. He shouldn't have been riding roller coasters in the first place, thus not the coasters fault...As good ol' HAL would say "Human Error"
-------------
"And now for something completely different" MPFC