UK Skyride cars bump in high winds, nothing actually happens

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

An amusement ride which was shut down after its carriages crashed into each other in mid-air with people on board is safe, its operator says. Passengers were terrified as a gust of wind sent empty carriages swinging at the top of the 60m (198ft) Sky Swing at Cardiff's Winter Wonderland. Sayers Amusements said it shut down automatically - as it should - when the wind got too strong on Friday.

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Proving once again, an empty swing is the most dangerous swing of all.

If nothing happens then who cares?

Exactly.

Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog

If skyride cars bump in the wind and nobody cares, do they make a sound?

Hobbes: "What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do?"
Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."

I always get my metaphors confused. To this day I ask people, "If a bear ****s in the woods, does it make a sound?" That doesn't even make sense.

Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog

I guess it depends. Am I in the woods when the bear ****s? Was a bran muffin involved?

If a man speaks in the woods and his wife isn't around, is he still automatically wrong?

But then again, what do I know?

I always thought the bear was Catholic, and it was the Pope who sh@t in the woods.

This pope is so awesome, he could poop on a bear, in the woods, and still not make a sound.

Why don't they just replace the seats with bumper cars? Problem solved (and more thrilling too...)

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