New Jersey G-force limits now enforced

...rolls eyes...

as a Jerseyan, my opinion is "This is gonna suck..."

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Poll the GP? That's probably a bad idea. If you were to poll the GP, you'd hear stories about people dying on every ride that exists. I went to Knott's the day after Xcelerator opened, and there were already morons in the line talking about how somebody died on that ride. You'd get more honest answers from enthusiasts. If I think a ride is unsafe, I have no problem saying it's unsafe, but I don't go making up stories about how somebody died on every ride like many of the GP do.

Personally, I think this law is a bad idea because it looks like it is just "foot in the door" legislation to allow them to lower the limits whenever they feel like it.

What a joke.... only a handful of coasters pull over 5 g's (mostly schwartzokoph's sp?), and it is for no more than a split second. In New Jersey, I don't think any coaster comes close to 5.6g's, so there's nothing to worry about.

It's weird to think that all of this could be averted if a park had a non-liability policy, agreed to pay any medical damages caused by a ride malfunction but set a limit(which could be rather high since lawyers wouldn't be involved), and spent the rest of the money to insure the ride is safe, and not give any money to any lawyers. Of course this would probably not work at a park chain (like Six Flags) unless there was some sort of strict policy towards the staff in case of guest injury due to negligence. Also it would mean full disclosure of ride mishap history...

I mean, you don't have to get on a ride. No one is forcing you, and it's obvious that rides are more dangerous than, say playing video games. Once you deal with a huge group of people using any piece of equipment, problems are bound to occur. Luckily, most rides and coasters have multiple redundancies for safety. In the past, rides that had reputations for being dangerous were more popular. If you were waiting in line for any coaster and see multiple trains of passengers returning, you would probably feel as confident about your own safety as you could. If you feel confident about your safety only if you know you can sue someone for damages in case you get hurt, you'll probably get hurt eventually, most likely in your car.

I guess a major sentiment in America would have to change before that takes place, the idea of other people being responsible for your problems. The fact is that the world is dangerous, and you have to be prepared. Suing other people because one doesn't recognize danger is silly, and probably has another motive such as greed. If everybody was more wary of danger, people in charge of safety could no longer consider people ignorant. Doesn't anyone else besides me get on an airliner and think, "Why don't they have parachutes for everybody, instead of trying to cram as many passengers and cargo as possible into this plane?" The airline companies know that people will get onto them anyways, and not question the fact that capacity is the primary feature, not safety. ("Oh yes, I feel so much more confident now that I know where the exits are, and that my seat cushion can float.")

-djansi

Maybe its just my ignorance to the situation, but perhaps those who passed the regulations were simply tired of Markey and wantd to move onto more important matters. Therefore they set the limit so high so that no rides would be affected?

This is far fetched, but hey we can hope....
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