Coaster Death Shows Risks of Vets’ Thrill-seeking

By CAROLYN THOMPSON | July 18, 2011

  • July 18, 2011 at 3:58 pm
    Jester says:
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    Very sad but someone in authority should have told him “no”. Without legs, there’s no counter-weight to keep him in the seat. You want to accomodate a vet, but sometimess you shouldn’t. I smell a liability claim here.

    • July 18, 2011 at 4:28 pm
      just saying says:
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      Jester, that was my first thought also. But after further consideration, what we don’t know is whether it was obvious that he had artificial legs. If he was wearing long pants and assuming he went directly from the waiting line to the rollercoaster car, I would not expect anyone that is running the rollercoaster to notice or even realize his physical limitation. Having just ridden several rollercoasters in my area,there are a lot of signs that tell the riders not to ride if they have certain limitations or conditions. It is up to the rider to heed those warnings. If a woman was pregnant (one of the “do not ride” conditions) but she is not showing, I don’t think we could hold the ride operator responsible if she chose to ride and ended up have a miscarriage. Just my two cents worth.

      • July 19, 2011 at 8:13 am
        Jester says:
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        Good point.



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