http://abcnews.go.com/US/flags-roller-coaster-accident-witness-victim-questioned-secured/t/story?id=19731762

7/22/2013 11:57:51 AM

Maybe she should go to a gym instead of an amusement park. I saw something I'd never seen before at carowinds this year. They have practice seats for fat people to see if they can fit before you waste your energy standing in lane.

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7/22/2013 12:01:02 PM

yep, sorry fat people, but you shouldn't ride roller coasters. that's not to say that she's at fault, but if i was 300 pounds, i wouldn't feel safe getting on a roller coaster.

7/22/2013 12:02:04 PM

Apparently there is a video but I can't find it

7/22/2013 12:02:28 PM

if there was a weight limit it should have been clearly displayed... i don't fault her for getting on the ride.

7/22/2013 12:09:24 PM

You ride every ride at your own risk whether you are 5'10 180lbs or not. If I go down a 15' water slide and die then that is my fault. Take some responsibility for fucks sake.

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7/22/2013 12:10:21 PM

yes there is the inherent risk of doing anything (even though you are much more likely to die on the car ride to the amusement park than you are on any of the rides)

7/22/2013 12:12:55 PM

7/22/2013 12:17:53 PM

7/22/2013 12:19:28 PM

Seems like they would design one section of the roller coaster cars for great big fat asses anymore.

7/22/2013 12:19:38 PM

i would also not skydive or bungee jump if i was 300 pounds. i also wouldn't rock climb or iceskate on a frozen pond.

7/22/2013 12:20:02 PM

300 pound rock climber

7/22/2013 12:22:10 PM

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""The operators should absolutely be able to determine if a person's body mass can fit inside of the riding compartment the restraint mechanism correctly fits their body and will retain them within the unit," Bill Avery of Avery Safety Consulting Park Employees told ABC News. "

they do realize the type of people they employee at these rides don't they?

7/22/2013 12:22:35 PM

^ exactly. The people that run these rides are typically college kids looking to make some beer money over summer vacation.

7/22/2013 12:25:49 PM

Shouldn't this thread be entitled "I see fatties are at it again"?

7/22/2013 12:28:05 PM

or high school kids.

7/22/2013 12:28:07 PM

It's cheaper for them to hire a bunch of chucklefucks who don't give a shit and pay out the rare settlement for accidents, which they most likely have insurance for anyway.

7/22/2013 12:29:24 PM

anyone else get a laugh out of the ride being called Texas Giant?

7/22/2013 12:36:14 PM

Lol @theduke

I guess there's going to be some "heavy"penalties for the park

7/22/2013 12:37:50 PM

Every coaster I've been on had ride attendants who came around and checked to make sure the restraints were properly secured before letting the ride go. It's not rocket science. Assuming there wasn't a hardware failure, someone clearly fucked up and it's not the person who fell out of the ride. You're a pretty shitty person if you think the victim is in any way complicit.

[Edited on July 22, 2013 at 12:40 PM. Reason : s]

7/22/2013 12:38:51 PM

Having safety bars never really CLICKED with her

7/22/2013 12:40:09 PM

I've ridden this before, prior to the renovation in 2011. Pretty fun wooden rollercoaster.

7/22/2013 12:40:45 PM

is this it? http://youtu.be/i0KmTMf0VVQ

7/22/2013 12:43:05 PM

^^^^ Everyone should know by now that obesity leads to all manner of health problems.

[Edited on July 22, 2013 at 12:43 PM. Reason : ]

7/22/2013 12:43:38 PM

I can see where she's at fault.

7/22/2013 12:56:45 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYgEn_xQQKI

can someone PLEASE embed, for the love of God

7/22/2013 1:18:10 PM

7/22/2013 1:40:42 PM

Janice was hilairous... just kept laughing while chubs was slipping out of the harness (which looks like it should have been tighter)

7/22/2013 1:42:22 PM

I think her visibility of him was actually pretty limited and she probably didn't understand that he was really falling out

7/22/2013 1:47:34 PM

you are probably right, but i prefer to think of her as a sadist.

7/22/2013 1:48:00 PM

I'll never forget the night I saw that video for the first time (probably 5-6 years ago). I was staying at my parents house, and woke them both up from my uncontrollable laughter. I had tears streaming down my face for a good 20 minutes.

fucking janice.

7/22/2013 1:51:44 PM

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"Seems like they would design one section of the roller coaster cars for great big fat asses anymore."

The manufacturer B&M (built Top Gun/Afterburn and Intimidator at Carowinds) actually does just this on many of their rides. One row will have larger seats.

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"is this it? http://youtu.be/i0KmTMf0VVQ"

This is not it, but what happened it almost certainly similar to that video.

Quote :

"Every coaster I've been on had ride attendants who came around and checked to make sure the restraints were properly secured before letting the ride go. It's not rocket science. Assuming there wasn't a hardware failure, someone clearly fucked up and it's not the person who fell out of the ride. You're a pretty shitty person if you think the victim is in any way complicit."

It sounds like the operator screwed up in that the woman was complaining that she didn't feel secure and they let the ride go anyway. I feel for the attendant a bit though because as someone who has both operated rides and ridden thousands of them, this is something you hear a hundred times a day. It's kind of a boy who cried wolf scenario. In the end, though, this is probably more a case of design failure. The green light came on signaling that the restraint was down past the minimum point that it must come down to dispatch the ride. There have been a couple past incidents on rides with very similar restraint types to this where a very large guest was ejected because the lap bar did not properly secure them.

On the vast majority of roller coasters, you could probably ride without a restraint at all and be just fine. This particular coaster though has some of the most extreme airtime of any ride out there.


[Edited on July 22, 2013 at 1:58 PM. Reason : .]

7/22/2013 1:56:27 PM

They don't call it ejector airtime for nothing

7/22/2013 2:55:59 PM

Janice is a bitch

7/22/2013 2:59:24 PM

Janice is awesome. Any chick that would tell a fat kid he "might die" and then laugh when he is half falling out of a ride is my kind of people

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7/22/2013 3:07:36 PM

I know when I went to Busch Gardens a few weeks ago one or two of the rides I could only get secured down on the first "click". I am not the smallest person but I am nowhere near the size of fat people so I can see where some of those would not close on anyone even moderately overweight.

7/22/2013 3:22:54 PM

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"I am nowhere near the size of fat people"

Yes you are :^)

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7/22/2013 3:23:31 PM

7/22/2013 3:57:34 PM

I can't wait for the family lawyer to WEIGH in

7/22/2013 8:52:28 PM

Quote :

"Janice it ain't funny!"

7/22/2013 9:10:12 PM

I LOLed so hard with Janice.

That hysterical, unstoppable laughter is the best. I wanna go on some rides now.

7/22/2013 9:58:49 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY_tVZPd9jI > janice

7/22/2013 10:35:56 PM

Nah you're just twisted

7/22/2013 10:41:57 PM

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"It's cheaper for them to hire a bunch of chucklefucks who don't give a shit and pay out the rare settlement for accidents, which they most likely have insurance for anyway. "

Reading this now:

8/2/2013 7:32:46 PM

8/2/2013 8:08:43 PM

hahaha that makes me want to go play roller coaster tycoon again.

8/2/2013 8:12:54 PM

That game was fun

8/2/2013 8:50:42 PM