New ride safety standards up for vote in trade group

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

Safety standards requiring more elaborate restraints on new models of roller coasters and even on slower rides are being voted on by a trade group that includes theme park giants such as Walt Disney Co., attraction manufacturers and owners of traveling carnivals. The sweeping set of proposed ride guidelines -- 80 pages long -- has been three years in the drafting by a committee of the American Society for Testing Materials.