Been in or Witnessed an RC accident?
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JOHN
member of the
RCT INSOMNIACS
owner/operator
KIMBERLY LAKE INC.
I got two of them. FIrst one is that I witnessed first hand a station brakes failure on Montu. As we rolled through the station I could hear a lot of swearing and they stopped the ride on the lift. The ride was closed the rest of the day after that.
The second one was I was there the day that Millenium(sp) Force's cable snapped and though I didnt see it actually happen, I did see them running the little electric cart up and down the lift getting people down. One of the only two days I was ever at CP and that was one of them.
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Bob Hansen
A proud CoasterBuzz Member
"We are not responsible for anything the Demon takes or breaks"
Getting stuck on a coaster is not an accident. People get hurt in accidents.
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"
I got stuck on Batman the Ride at SFgadv at the top of the lift hill and tehy had to use this little movable floor to put below me. It was cool.
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2002 Sixth season in VF Foods!!!!
not exactly on a coaster, but i was once on a Huss Enterprise and they had to stop the ride while it was in the vertical position as someones door had opened. being stuck about 50ft up in high winds isnt a great experience!!
Laurence,
I find this a bit hard to believe. Simply because Huss rides such as Enterprises and Chaos cannot stop "vertically." I have been on Chaos at SFKK when it jammed and the haydraulics automatically lowered the ride to the ground.
Enterprises, to my knowledge, do the same. The wheel slows rotating rapidly, but the hydraulic arm lowers just as quickly. Otherwise the cars would fall to one side or the other causing great injury to riders. Enterprises do not have restraints and thus a sudden or abrupt stop would cause riders to be thrown by gravity.
Years ago an Enterprise failed at a park (sorry, cannot remember which one) and one car was thrown from the ride. Even though it was unbalanced the ride still lowered and rapidly stopped spinning. People were killed, and numerous were injured because when the centrifigal force rapidly slowed, they were toosed around in their cars.
Finally Huss rides mostly operate by pedal/control panel. If the ride op sees something wrong, they just let up on the pedal. The ride rapidly stops spinning, but immediately lowers to the ground.
What park was this at?
Shaggy
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Shaggy
A.K.A. John K.
*** This post was edited by Shaggy on 5/13/2002. ***
Jeff said:
Getting stuck on a coaster is not an accident. People get hurt in accidents.
Which only strengthens my argument on Deja Vu, at least if you're a SF stockholder....;)
You know, to be quite honest, I doubt I could walk down a coaster from a height of over 200 feet. I don't mind heights as long as I do not have to climb them, or feel unsecure. MForce is a big no no. If I ever got stuck on that lift near the top, there would be no way of getting me to step out and into that little trolley.
Do parks hook a safety line to guests as they come down from lifts over a certain height? I know from my experience of working at SFKK and PKI, that the rides there do not. but I assume since laws require maintenance to wear safety harnesses, that guests would have to as well. Wonder what the height is that would require such?
Shaggy
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Shaggy
A.K.A. John K.
shaggy,
i belive that that is why they unload stopped trains one row at a time. they only have so many harnesses that can hook up to the stairways. i belive that they do hook you in somehow.
No accidents, but two "incidents" (and not very exciting ones at that):
1) a few years ago at Hersheypark on Chaos... the park was relatively empty and ridership was light. While on this ride, it stopped when I was "at the top". It lowered to the ground and the ride op came around and said that the weight was not evenly distributed (everyone was on one side). People were moved around and the ride continued.
2) In April at BGW on Big Bad Wolf... The train pulling into the station stopped too quickly and was not "in line" of the air gates. They had to inch it forward inch by inch. When it was finally in place, the other two trains were stacked up behind it. We waited a few minutes. The train was then loaded and dispatched. My wife and I then got in the front seat of the next train. As we started to climb the lift hill, we saw the train that left before us sitting on the midcourse breaks. Our train kept climbing, the other train kept sitting. We were near the top of the hill and the other train was still there. Then, when we were at the very top of the lift, our train stopped. We sat there for a few minutes. The train on the midcourse breaks we then saw move off and a few moments later we were under way again too. Granted, not an accident, but ceratinly gives you an uneasy feeling to see a train sitting on the midcourse breaks while your train is still climbing to the top of the lift and hoping either a) the other train will move or b) if it doesn't, your train will stop before it clears the lift.
also... Jeff's quote "Getting stuck on a coaster is not an accident." Yeah? Well, tell that to the local news stations when a coaster gets stuck at a park.
*** This post was edited by SLFAKE on 5/13/2002. ***
I am with Jeff, being stuck on a lift is not an accident, nor hardly threatening. (Unless they make me walk down;-))
In terms of accidents, I know a fellow coaster enthusiast that was next in line to ride Batman Knight Flight when the ride op fell through the floor as it was opened. He said it was terrifying to witness and they thought the op was dead.
Shaggy
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Shaggy
A.K.A. John K.
Shaggy:
There are far fewer laws governing rider safety than there are governing worker safety. This is because OSHA many regulations governing worker safety in all businesses. There are no similar laws involving customer safety in all businesses. Some rider safety from a design standpoint may be covered under the "life safety code" in areas where it is law, but this covers only design not use.
SLFAKE said:
also... Jeff's quote "Getting stuck on a coaster is not an accident." Yeah? Well, tell that to the local news stations when a coaster gets stuck at a park.
Yeah...I really love it when the media gets in a frenzy when a coaster stops on a lift or whatnot...seeing as though it's to PREVENT something from going wrong. Instead...it makes the national news and provokes the GP... You have to love the media.
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-Patrick
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