Turn on NBC nightly news NOW!!!

On NBC Nightly News, they are doing a report on the accident on Goliath. Also on "how safe are roller coasters today?". Those reports always tend to irritate me, because I always think it is only the people who hate coasters, who come up with the negative ideas about them. Anyway, just letting you know its on. *** This post was edited by FloridaCoasterRider on 6/5/2001. ***

Yea i just saw the end. Hey, maybee itll scare the GP and there will be smaller lines...

I just saw this. They seemed to be asking the question in the report "are the forces on coasters too great for the human body" I guess that this is better than saying that they are unsafe because of mechanical reasons, but this question will eventually have to be answered. What g-forces are too great for the human body to withstand?

Just saw it. As expected, they questioned the safety of rollercoasters. They emphasized that there have been 14 cases of bleeding in the brain as a result of coaster, then added in, in the last decade. Luckily we got to see Mr. ACE TV. you know the guy on all the specials, including the last, 29 in 24 hours...

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I'd Rather Be Riding Rollercoasters
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I saw it too. This is not good, but I see their point. Parks will keep on going higher and faster, until its not safe.

Dang, I missed it. I wonder when Dateline or 20/20 is going to do a report on this?

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Coasters- a little slice of heaven

I just saw it, and oh boy, I got to see the coaster enthusiasts best friend, Edward Markey!

They also mentioned the new coaster (S&S Thrust Air) going up in Japan with speeds of 107 m.p.h.

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What's life if you never get to the Point?
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/mckinnie *** This post was edited by Hurricane_6 on 6/5/2001. ***

What Happened again.

Check the news #1 coaster fan. It's all right there.

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Don't fight it, Ride it, Raging Bull!
Webmaster:SFGAm 2001
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god who was the retarded guy on the coaster at the very beginning
how far past the beginning is the report on?
i wanna see it but i dont wanna watch the whole show

Last night there was a show on TLC about safety on rollercoasters anyone tape it or see it ? It was pretty cool ,they included the 1998 accident when a train got stuck on a cobra roll on Vampire , i think and the accident when that kid fell out of Shockwave at PKD in 99'
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Heres a complete word for word report on what was said: http://www.msnbc.com/news/583191.asp

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What's life if you never get to the Point?
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/mckinnie

"before any more Americans are put at risk"?
what the @#$%?

Yeah, while we are busy banning coasters because they are a risk to your health, lets ban salt, anything with cholesterol, any sport, TV (might give off radiation) and everything else that might hurt you.

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Next up: Stupid human tricks! Followed by: Stupid pet tricks!
Why can that never happen?

“With the billion of rides that are taken each year at the American amusement parks,” says David Escalante. “A tiny, tiny fraction of people are getting injured.”

That always shuts them up :)

I hate when people like these reporters take a few facts and present them and do not take all the facts. Yes a few die at parks from rare unknown conditions or not behaving properly on the rides, but that is no reason to take our extreme rides away from us. This is what bothers me. Millions go to theme parks every year and a few die. Yes it's expected to happen. As I have heard before from other people "Coasters are pieces of heavy machinery and should be treated like one. People can die from heavy machinery. We take this risk before getting on a coaster. I love coasters but I try to also think of it from this standpoint. People do die and a rare occurence is no reason to take our "extreme rides" away from us coaster enthuasiasts.

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Acrobhobia will drop in 3,2, click. Haha very funny.

Dont people read the signs that say WARNING u cant ride the ride if you have problems?

...and how many more people die from car crashes, walking across the street, school shootings, getting struck by lightning...the media needs to put these injuries into perspective--Jeeze!

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I don't know for sure, but I remember hearing a while back that Markey was hurt on an amusement ride when he was younger. Can anyone back this up?

I had heard quite a few enthusiasts bash Markey for his views, but never put a name to the face. Now that I have, I remember seeing him on MSNBC's "Hardball" a few times. I think I agreed with a lot of his views, actually. (I'm sure he wasn't talking about coasters. I'd remember that. ;))

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Matt Lynch, a huge Chris Matthews fan...
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It is inevitable that these shows will run these kinds of stories. And they don't just pick on rollercoasters. They will go after just about anything. Folks, its called sensationalism.

Milk! Is it really safe anymore?

Paper Cuts. Why do the paper companies have to make their paper SO sharp?


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