Tennessee begins ride inspection program

I wonder how extensive the inspections will be. Would the inspector go through every nut, bolt & fitting to make sure it meets a certain torque spec?

Would an inspector be onsire during ANY off-season overhaul?

Would they have an intamit knowledge of ann aspects of rides or would there just be type of specalist who just does handles flats & spinners and one type for coasters?

Just curious.

If this is in response to the accident I'm thinking of, the woman fell out of a Zamperla Hawk that had its harness interlocks defeated. Normally if any restraint is open or malfunctioning, you can't run the ride. I can't think of a bigger example of willful and blatant negligence.

Hopefully, if the laws are written correctly, and they have qualified people doing the inspections, this is the kind of thing they're looking for.

99% certain you're referring to the correct incident Jeff. If there's a case in the annals of amusement operators running rides in an unsafe manner, this is case A1. Had to disable a couple of "redundant" safety systems in order to get the ride to run with the restraints as they were. This is one that truly deserves jail time, barring any MAJOR changes in the story. Seemed like the mechanics even warned the operator, who did the "jury-rigging" himself. Tragic. :(

I seem to recall that it wasn't the operator, it was the park's manager that did it.

^Sorry, I used a bad term. PARK operator (GM) was what I was referring to, you're correct Dutch...