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Twelve tourists got a shock when they found that a Brighton Pier rollercoaster ride was missing a section of track. The ride was stopped by an employee - but eyewitnesses say that the first carriage was left partially hanging over the gap.
Read more from the BBC.
Yeah, I was wondering how high up the track was at that point. Am I wrong, or was this like a carnival type place, or an actual amusement park? And correct me if I'm wrong again, but from my understanding, the UK has VERY different policies from that of our OSHA.
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smile...it's cheap, and people will wonder what you're up to. :)
From what I can see on the Piers website, it is a multi-use entertainment facility. They seem to have nightclubs, sideshows (games of skill/chance), and more, the actual ride area seems to be on the very end of the pier.
Laurence indicated above that this particular coaster has been there for about 5 years now. While its not an amusement park in the traditional sense, it isn't exactly a carnival operation either.
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David Bowers
Mayor, Coasterville
This is the reasoning I have heard so far which seems to make some sense:-
Brighton Pier is not a busy park. In fact on most days the rides are checked in the morning but there is no need for each ride to have a ride op. on some days they operate a system that if anyone wants to ride they ring a bell and the operator comes over to operate the ride. This way a operator can share about three rides and save the park money without closing many rides.
From what i hear this was the case that partyicular day and the infamous ride op in question was taking this party round. They asked to go on the coaster and despite seeing a ride not operting and with no ride lop though nothing of it because it was not an uncommon site. No doubt they assumed it had been operating all day and was therefore fit to ride. If he hadn't been told it was closed there should certinly have been a notice and something to disable the operation.
If there was none of this then I lay the responsiblity of this at the park and not the operator. While he should have run a test run or checked the tracks, he would not usually be expecting to because of the parks appalling system of operation. It would look no different from any other ride at the park so I say as much as he had faults the main responsiblity is with the park and they should ammend how they operate their rides.
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