well, although you might consider the death rate acceptable — in reality, we don’t anyone dying. but let’s be real, a death can be a result of just about anything. the most important thing is SAFETY. was everything done correctly to have fun safely. accidents can happen. think about the industry – auto insurance – how many die there each day? how many die in an aircraft accident? how many folks drown in a swimming pool? so if you look at the over aggregate picture, i think that it probably is a good result, considering how many folks have entered the park w/in the past 3 yrs. lucky, it could have been fabio hit with a goose as he was launched on the Apollo ride at BUSCH. so, we have to realize 2 things, accident can happen and we can try to minimize them when we can. afterall, how many of our births were planned?!
EVERYTHING in life carries a risk. Allowing children to get on an amusement park ride is one of them. While tragic, these deaths resulted from the child’s action to defeat a safety mechanism. Maybe the answer is raising the minimum age of the riders to 16. Maybe the answer is having parents use some common sense in turning a 7 year old loose on a ride with quesionable safety.
So John, did you ever see anyone die in the dunk the clown tank, or at the dart and balloon game, or get run over on the little train ride? Point is that you can do your best to make games or rides safe, but when someone cicumvents the safety guidelines or rules, there shouldn’t be an opportunity to sue or close down a ride or even the whole park.
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Right Intentions, Wrong Outcome. About the births, I mean. Have a great weekend!
That seems like an acceptable death rate.
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Being told your child’s death was with in acceptable limits – priceless!
well, although you might consider the death rate acceptable — in reality, we don’t anyone dying. but let’s be real, a death can be a result of just about anything. the most important thing is SAFETY. was everything done correctly to have fun safely. accidents can happen. think about the industry – auto insurance – how many die there each day? how many die in an aircraft accident? how many folks drown in a swimming pool? so if you look at the over aggregate picture, i think that it probably is a good result, considering how many folks have entered the park w/in the past 3 yrs. lucky, it could have been fabio hit with a goose as he was launched on the Apollo ride at BUSCH. so, we have to realize 2 things, accident can happen and we can try to minimize them when we can. afterall, how many of our births were planned?!
EVERYTHING in life carries a risk. Allowing children to get on an amusement park ride is one of them. While tragic, these deaths resulted from the child’s action to defeat a safety mechanism. Maybe the answer is raising the minimum age of the riders to 16. Maybe the answer is having parents use some common sense in turning a 7 year old loose on a ride with quesionable safety.
Im getting a kick out of these replies. I actually worked here when I was younger.
So John, did you ever see anyone die in the dunk the clown tank, or at the dart and balloon game, or get run over on the little train ride? Point is that you can do your best to make games or rides safe, but when someone cicumvents the safety guidelines or rules, there shouldn’t be an opportunity to sue or close down a ride or even the whole park.