PA Rides Safety Seminar 10/28-10/31
Associated parks:
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Generally, there is nothing dicussed here that is of any interest to those outside of the amusement industry, but I figured I'd put up a TR to show how, if it's done right, the mix of government interaction with rides can actually be a good thing.
A few points that I thought you may be interested in:
1)The seminar is a requirement once every three years if you want to be a licensed ride inspector in PA. (For parks and carnivals, and even those rental places, too.)
2) Fixed-site rides must be inspected monthly, rentals and traveling shows must have a state inspection EVERY TIME they assemble a ride.
3)PA has 4,639 licensed rides... more than any other state or even any other country; there are 737 PA instpectors to go along with 'em.
4)Of all accidents on rides, 86% are attributed to human error. Only 6% are from mechanical problems.
5)Cable drive Tilt-A-Whirls are very reliable, E-7 electrical models are sh... are not.
6)Dutch Wonderland will not be changing names once the Herco deal is finalized in a couple of weeks. Hersheypark is sending one of their team to be the new GM, however, and DW should see 2 new rides next year, one being a kiddie ride. No major expansions or rides are planned now for the park, but a whole lot of infrastructural improvements are... (paint, putting electrical lines underground, etc.)
7)Those guys from Knoebel's sure are friendly.
8)One inspector went to a location with an inflatable Moonwalk-style ride. The regulation is 200 lbs. of weight at each tie down. There was a cinder block of about 50 pounds there with a 150 pound girl standing on it. When asked why she was there, she said that they ran out of weights, so her job was to stand on the block all day.
9)To lower a Power Surge when it's stuck in the air, you disconnect one hose, and connect another. Then release the pressure valve slowly. It takes 3 minutes to lower. Hopefully, someone told those people who had one stuck in the air for 3 hours how to do this.
10) I will never get on a Tornado.
Well, that's about it. My next trip is to Cleveland. Lucky me.
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"Reality" is the only word in the language which should always be used in quotes.
8)One inspector went to a location with an inflatable Moonwalk-style ride. The regulation is 200 lbs. of weight at each tie down. There was a cinder block of about 50 pounds there with a 150 pound girl standing on it. When asked why she was there, she said that they ran out of weights, so her job was to stand on the block all day.
That struck me funny. Did they say what the inspector did about this?
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"The Peoples Elbow" or "The Spinaroonie?. Cant decide which is the most electrifying move in sports entertainment!!! LOL
Might I ask why not?
I used to run of these, albeit briefly. It replaced our electrically driven Tilt-A-Whirl, as a matter of fact.
~ Michael ~
*** This post was edited by Chernabog on 11/4/2001. ***
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movies+coasters= the most fun you could ever imagine!
Dutchman: Much the same, except not sponsored by the industry or manufacturers in any way.
Chitown: I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that that's a violation, although I don't remember specifically what they did (They had a nice picture of it on the overhead, though.)
Chernabog: Which Tornado did you run, the fair version built by a no-name company, or the other Tornado, built by a major manufacturer (although I forget which one)? The one we inspected was the cheapo travelling version, and it just seemed pretty shoddily made to me from top to bottom.
MovieCoast: that's why there's a topic column.
So long.
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"Reality" is the only word in the language which should always be used in quotes.
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"Reality" is the only word in the language which should always be used in quotes.
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