Are Roller Coasters Actually Safe?
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- While amusement parks have been around since the 1550s, rides are not federally regulated. State-regulation only began in 1981. At Six Flags, and most other theme parks, the company spends millions on safety while following international safety standards and other independent examinations. And while rides are becoming faster, taller, and bigger, according to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, ride-injuries are becoming increasingly rare. In 2019, there were .8 injuries per million rides.
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Are Roller Coasters Actually Safe?
For those of you who are unfamiliar, a block zone is a section of ride that only one train may occupy. At the end of a block zone is a method to stop a train in case the block zone ahead is still occupied. This is the safety system that prevents roller coaster trains from colliding with one another.
Ok El Toro Ryan 😆
El Toro Ryan? Is that you?
How much is El Toro Ryan paying you to say this? 😂
Damn beat me to it
YES
"We spoke to the safety team at Six Flags to find out if the coasters at Six Flags are safe"
Top tier journalism right here.
smells of an ad.
Before finishing the vids title in my head I heard “in America? noooooo!!”🤔😂🙄
Yeah a bad choice of words but Six Flags doesn't make rides. So Six flags isn't talking about themselves, they're talking about manufacturers like B&M, Intamin, RMC, and more.
Who would you like them to talk too? The local food vendor? Maybe the parking assistant at the local golf course? Are you a moron or do you think they should only talk to the folks who answer 911 in the 1 in a million chance something happens and then base the safety assessment off that?
@@aiv4873 nice to have some intelligence sprinkled in the comments.
As a person who worked at Cedar Point for 2 summers at some of the rides I can tell you that safety is crucial. It's crazy how many people and processes are involved way long before the park opens, each and every day.
Most of the time accidenta happen when visitors don't fallow the rules, unfortunately.
I agree with your statement. I've been to King's Island many times and I know they start real early in the morning on inspections.
I honestly think this job is under heavy pressure, you need to keep guests safe every single ride
@@chrisxu4832 just do the right thing every time and safety ends up being a side effect every time. So only you can stress yourself out. As long as you do the right things every time then you have nothing to worry about. I installed cable before so safety for myself and other's around me was a every day thing. But I never worried about it because I made sure to do the right step's.
You do have those mechanical malfunctions like the part that flew off Top Thrill Dragster and the derailment on El Toro just recently.
@@jackkie8617 like the video said you have a way better chance of dying from many other things then roller coaster. You have a better chance of dying from lightning. So if you're scared of a roller coaster then you might as well wrap yourself in bubble wrap and stay home.
And I just saw a report of a girl that that was offended for being turned down by a waterpark for being too heavy and her dad was on the news talking about it. This just proves that the dad and daughter where I’m the wrong because weight limits are there for a reason and it’s for safety
They definitely are for safety. There was a case just a month ago where a large kid was allowed on a ride he was too heavy for, fell off and died. The parents actually sued the Park for not posting weight limits. People try to have it both ways, complaining about discrimination when they get denied and complaining there's not enough checks when accidents happen.
It’s not that difficult to start living a healthier lifestyle.
@@FEAROWNAGE To be fair, I think 200 pounds is too little for a weight limit. There’re lots of tall, muscular people who easily reach or surpass 200 pounds. They should’ve designed the slide to handle 300 pounds at least.
@@nova8585 right
@@gummy5862 disagreed the weight limit is for safety if your over you shouldn’t complain atleast ur not hurt or dead
0.8 injuries per million rides is actually pretty impressive
Yep that kind of summed up the video via facts before really getting into it.
Plus, majority of those injuries happen while off the ride. Someone could trip on the ride platform or sit on a queue railing and fall off. Those are all reported as ride related injuries.
Stat seems wrong though? Check youtube videos on failed coasters, a lot were shut after 1-3 seasons due to constant injuries. Its impossible to only have 1 in million. Normally related to the bracing, either hurt neck or bump into person next to them.
@@nephilimdj That’s related to very specific rollercoasters, which are already likely to be shut down. The large majority of rollercoasters will operate completely scot free their entire life, meaning that smaller injuries off the ride make up majority of the stats, with VERY few being injuries that occur on the ride.
@@nephilimdj that's just misleading then
Yes. The most dangerous part of a day at an amusement part is the drive to get there, no question.
Nothing is perfect so there's bound to be an accident eventually, but you're literally more likely to trip while walking around the park and break your neck in the fall
Yes it is
Fax. Roller Coasters are ironically one of the safest things there are
@@oofmaker3117 If anything, I would blame Hollywood for giving roller coasters a bad image in the first place. I'm looking at you, Final Destination 3, and your unrealistic-ass scenarios.
@@hsc894 yep final destination was one of the biggest reasons I grew up scared of rollercoasters. Eventually I overcame that fear and learned that there are a ridiculous amount of redundant safety systems. Most accidents nowadays seem to be solely caused by human errors, still being extremely rare.
@hsc894 Has Anyone Ever Died On An Arrow To Begin With
Yes, roller coasters are safe. The chances of dying on a roller coaster or on any ride at an amusement park is 1 in 750 MILLION. Restraint technology is hella advanced these days so there's a lot going on that keeps you secure on rides.
I went to Islands of Adventure back in May and rode Hulk and VelociCoaster. Restraints felt comfortable and completely secure on both rides. I think it also helps that my fear of inversions ended in 2018 when I rode Rock n Roller Coaster for the first time, so I had no fear going in.
Please remember, you are more likely to die by the following:
-Car accident
-Getting struck by lightning
-Drowning
-Shark attack
-Getting electrocuted
-Heart attack
-Seizure
-Starvation
-Tripping down stairs
I know there's a lot more I could've noted, but I listed these examples to prove that amusement rides are 100% safe and the chances of getting injured or dying is extremely rare. Roller coasters are meant to be fun, not to be death traps.
Don't forget a plane crash, you're 150x more likely to be in a fatal plane crash than a fatal accident on a rollercoaster
This statistic is false. According to YOUR MADE UP DATA: 1 person dies every 2ish years on a rollercoaster. But 4 people die annually in the USA. Don’t spread false data please
@@MontananMusician it's one in 750 million caused by the ride itself. Plus statistics.never show the likelihood of accidents. For instance, if someone has a heart condition, gets on a rollercoaster, dies, they should not be counted to that stat, as it's not accurate then.
I've been in car journeys many times throughout my life, thousands at least, yet I've never been in an accident, and an accident is around a 1 in 10 chance.
Correction: large theme parks owned by large chains are extremely safe.
@@princessravendiamond4288 Theme parks in general are safe, if it's in any developed nation. If the government doesn't check the rides for safety etc due to things such as geology, that is not making theme parks dangerous.
What happened at ICON park while tragic was not the ride creators fault, but the ride operators.
@@MayISpeak The park literally tampered with the restraints of a couple seats so they would flag as closed even when they weren't, so they could fit people outside the manufacturer's specifications. Belts are unnecessary because the ride already has multiple independent hydraulic locking mechanisms.
If they tampered with the hydraulic locks what makes you think they wouldn't have put in a longer belt as well?
The ride's manufacturer has absolutely zero fault in this.
@@MayISpeak No, they literally mechanically tampered with the restraints (this was done well before the guest in question ever got to the park).
They made it so the sensors would read the restraint as closed when it wasn't. I don't know the specifics but they probably disassembled the restraint and mounted it back at a greater angle than normal or something along those lines.
The ride operators can deny a person to ride because of their weight. If the person is walking bag of fat and the restraint(s) can't lock,then they can't ride. Their safety is not guaranteed and the ride cant go if all the restraints are locked.
Well more so the owners of the park, the saftey manual was way less than it should be because they're too lazy to properly train employees. Icon park isn't at the same level as disney or universal so to speak, it's just a little parking lot entertainment area built by greedy cheap business men to rake in more tourist money, but unlike universal or Disney, they bite off more than they can chew and cut corners.
he was too fat though........
What they aren't telling you about about the 1299 accidents reported last year is that 600 of them were on rides you would find at Walmart and malls like the galloping horses and other similar rides. True statistic.
interesting I didn't know that.
Do you know how many people are injured because they didn't follow the rules
@@twweety9 most injuries are due to people not following the rules
Yea I was thinking a bunch of flat rides as they call them were included in the number while the video is about rollercoasters
@@princessravendiamond4288 makes sense
+people with pre-existing conditions may have gotten on rides and gotten injured
It’s pretty dumb to say an activity is not safe due to a handful of deaths. Literally nothing in life is safe. You can die in your sleep. You can die from choking when you eat. You can die from doing any activity
El Toro Ryan enters the chat:
“I bet you’re wondering what a block zone is”
There’s a dude above in the comments who I think is , el toro Ryan 😆
@@shawnrw3727 lol I saw him too. He said it word for word and recognized it instantly
Also, there is an error in this video. The most expensive coaster ever built was Expedition Everest, but was overtaken in 2019 by Universal Studios Florida’s Hagrids Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure with a reported cost of $300 Million. There have also been unconfirmed reports that the brand new coaster at EPCOT, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind cost upwards of $500 million. Thank you for the reminder Kevin Z.
Which was then overtaken by Cosmic Rewind with a reported cost of $500 million
Expensive due to theming and not the coaster itself
I was so mad they messed this up, thanks for the comment!
@@HumanStateOfEmergency If anything the Hagrid's coaster minus the theming is still more expensive than Everest without its theming. Hagrid's has 7 launches, a reverse section, and a drop track. Most of Everest's cost was undoubtedly building that mountain...
@@fredwardandthebear3192 and the Yeti that stopped working and can't be fixed without taking the whole thing apart.
As someone who works at an amusement park right now, roller coasters are super safe! Restraint systems are so top notch these days. And the programming that goes into the controls system is also very top tier that rides don’t dispatch unless everything is green. Rides also stop or don’t dispatch if there are error codes.
Yes all these people are doing is trying to ruin other people's joy
America, where minimum wage theme park operators learn how to de-escalate situations better than the police.
Dang, that hits right in the feels. But its so true. I think its simply because the ride operators know if they screw up they will be held accountable, but police generally won't be held accountable.
The police forte is to instigate & escalate. They like when it gives them the opportunity to use lethal force. Its like playing a video game for them.
I wonder who first thought “ah yes I’d like to ride a cart down a wooden hill at high speeds”. Like what goes through the mind for inventions are crazy fascinating to me
You know we have Google. Then you won't have to wonder.
In Europe, the origins are that Russians liked sliding down ice slides on sleds, so much so they built their own hills out of wood, and later added wheels to the sleds so they could do them in the summer.
In America, railways to transport coal down the sides of mountains proved to be a source of fun for riders, so much so that decommissioned railways were turned into attractions in Pennsylvania.
American roller coasters were inspired when someone observed kids playing with train carts in an abandoned mine. He was like, huh, how could we bring this experience to the city? And roller coasters were born!
frrr I'm a coaster enthusiast and I would literally die if I didn't have coasters lol but fr who had the idea to thrill people lol like I said roller coasters are like my most fav thing in the world but it sounds really stupid when you think about them being invented lol
@@kristeneast6740 the children yearn for the mines
The coasters ARE safe. The industry has incredible designers and engineers from RMC, to Intamin, B&M, Premiere Rides (they designed and manufactured the ride featured in the opening shot, "West Coast Racers" and "Full Throttle." The incident that occurred in Florida was NOT the fault of the manufacturer, but it was the fault of the ride operator, who failed to comply with safety regulations, which of course, are put into place for a reason. Most accidents occur from riders not complying with safety protocol.
I LOVE roller coasters, and will continue to ride them as long as I can.
Unlles youre at funspot
@@MOMAZOSPATOArieForce One, Mine Blower, and White Lightning have entered the chat
Even if a miraculous event happened and I got an injury on a rollercoaster I would continue riding them.
@@MOMAZOSPATO fun spot is still perfectly safe.
So, CNBC found a way to write off their Six Flags trip as a business expense is my takeaway.
Lol
Fair enough. I’d do the same :)
What happened to Cedar Fair amusement parks? They are a major player in the amusement park world. Cedar Park and Knotts Berry Farms are huge examples of Cedar Fair.
I was thinking the same! Also, Kings Island and Carowinds. Cedar Point the best amusement park in the world from a roller coaster standpoint and was the driving force in the giga coaster wars. It has more roller coasters than any other park in the world and has more top 20 coasters than any other park
This was probably a paid piece by Six Flags.
Because Cedar Point is in Ohio. Most news production are in LA and New York, so it easy because Six Flags Magic Mountain is in LA.
They're not bigger then the top three lmao. Stop selling parks then!
Cedar park?
More time, money, and regulation goes into roller coaster safety than for class rooms. And according to world average data, over 31 people died on roads in the duration of this video.
To add most fatalities if not all are human error
I never rode coasters as a kid because it was always a "kid" operator sending the riders off and I always thought it was them who built the coasters 😂. My first coaster was El Toro at 23 years old
@Incomeking shut up
nooooooooo. you experienced one of the best woodys of all time as your first credit! . im immensely jealous as i havent been able to ride it yet. and yes what @incomeking said... 🐔 (jokes)
Duuuude you got El Toro as your FIRST COASTER??? Mah man!
What a first coaster to ride
same here I did not my first coaster until I was 29 it was Manta at Seaworld Orlando because I had Major Brain Surgery in May of 08 and because of my slow growth I delayed me from going on my first roller coaster and I now love them as so do my sisters and my nephew who just 15
from someone who's worked at a theme park in the uk I can say that they take safety extremely seriously! I remember having to read a coswp for about 4hrs and then do a test before I was even allowed on the ride
Short answer: Yes
Long answer: About the safest way to have fun. Only 0.8 injuries per million rides
Nope it’s actually 1 in 15.5 million rides
I would just like to point out a few things: first all restraints are equally safe, most injuries and deaths are caused by human error, you are more likely to trip in the park and die from the fall rather than dying on a roller coaster, your chances of dying on a roller coaster are 1 in 750 million and your chances of getting injured are 1 in 24 million, and the reason that roller coaster and flat ride accidents are talked about so much is that they are so rare. credit for everything: Coastoons
I have worked at a theme park in SoCal since summer 2019. During that whole time, I have not known of a single guest injury or death that was the fault of a ride. Any injury that did occur on our rides (1 or 2 of these happened I think...) was the guest hopping out when they were told not to.
In that same time span since 2019, I have known 4 friends/family that were involved in car crashes, 1 of them tragically died. Rollercoasters are without a doubt one of the safest activities you can do in the whole world.
Yes they are safe. If they weren't safe then the parks would be closed due to not only having their biggest attractions be unsafe but all of the lawsuits that would follow. I loved Action Park growing up, heading to Vernon Valley was a great amount of fun...but they definitely had some not so safe rides and stuff you could mess yourself up on but damn that park was a load of fun.
Said no one in Denmark yesterday when the 14 years old girl died in the roller coaster “Cobra”… 😢
@@stefanjohansson2373 How and why did she die?
@@rd9102 apparently the rear car came off of the tracks. I'd recommend reading on it yourself. But this does not mean all roller coasters are dangerous like this one
@@thefloofball260 that was the parks fault for not maintaining the ride properly. the same thing happened in 2008 on the exact same ride if i remember correctly
@@helloforsake8620 yeah, parks should be responsible for maintaining their attractions or else this stuff can happen
Rollercoasters are almost 100% safe. Its the teenager ride operators you need to worry about
Factss!
Wrong,
I have worked several roller-coasters and they can only be operated in automatic mode
As a tall person I can tell you it sure as hell doesn’t feel safe a few inches higher.
My brother is very tall, I had an intrusive thought that his head would get taken off on a dark ride coaster... I was scared the whole ride.
The clearance zones are quite generous and are bigger than they look when you're riding. Rides have height limits when the clearance zones are smaller, which usually is 6'6".
As someone who is 6'3", the biggest pain for me is hard over-the-shoulder restraints. They're designed for shorter riders and the restraint digs in to the tops of my shoulders. Still 100% safe, but my shoulders hurt the next day if I ride too many of those rides.
@@BunnyandMoon He will be fine as long as you don’t go to a park like action park. there are regulations on clearance zones and they use many devices to test that there’s enough space even after calculating and actually planning the ride
@jz4461 Quite The Opposite Actually I'm 6'1 And I Get No Headbanging On Arrows
“Serious death or injury.” What constitutes ‘non-serious’ death? 🤔
Keep in mind that ride related injuries include the rocking horse at you local strip mall. So the probability of injury on a coaster or anything at an actual amusement park is lower still.
I fell off that thing last week.
Worldwide, there are less fatalities on theme park rides in a year than there are daily on Britains motorways. Yet when someone dies on a motorway, nobody asks for it to be closed and grassed over, everybody wants it cleared so they can move on.
Expedition everest is the third most expensive coaster
Second being Hagrid at Universal island of adventure (300 million)
First Cosmic rewind at Epcot, WDW (500 million)
I worked for a theme park for 5 years helping with spare parts and maintenance. It sucks to think of it in this way, but accidents are bad for business. Theme park companies don’t want these things to happen! That’s why they spend big money on safety. There are safety and maintenance professionals working on these rides every single day to make sure things are operating properly and to intervene when they aren’t. Every ride vehicle has annual preventative maintenance scheduled as well for more thorough testing and tune-ups.
I can’t say that this applies to smaller companies, especially those that travel. But the big-name parks certainly put a lot of money and work into ensuring you are safe.
Yes. They're insanely safe. Stop this nonsense.
I mean yea its one of those few industries where keeping the costumer safe is actually good business. Its direct contrast to healthcare insurance industry is depressing.
I heard them say expedition Everest was the most expensive coaster, but I’m pretty sure it’s Hagrids motorbike cause it costed $200 million more
I think it’s actually cosmic rewind at WDW costing about 500 million 😅😅
The boy who died in March 2022 should not have been allowed on the ride in the first place as he was too big (overweight). The rider operator should have kindly told the boy he couldn't ride because he didn't meet the requirements.
right 👍
without watching this i can tell you they are, if it was not it would be a legal nightmare
They didn’t mention the fact that the kid who fell from the drop tower was more than 100 pounds over the ride weight limit. Doesn’t change that it was a horrible accident, but most of these incidents happen because of things like that, rather than mechanical malfunctions.
that’s not a roller coaster , he was over 300 pounds. wasn’t fit
Same with lady who rode Texas giant. She was too big
They weren’t too big, they were fat.
Actually that 14 year old was a literal giant. He was almost 7 feet tall
But yeah the lady was just fat
I'm impressed. Usually, when news stations talk about roller coasters they speak negatively about them. I expected this to be something I would laugh at the whole video, but y'all actually put the work into finding out if the rides are actually safe or not and talked to industry experts.
Great job.
The most dangerous part of riding a roller coaster is the drive to the theme park.
I work at Six Flags Over Georgia!! So ik and it’s safe because we study a SOP and it’s safety features!!!
I’ll get you some info:
Ride: Blue Hawk
Layout: Station, Lift, Trims, Transfer
Brakes in total:
2 in Station, 1 at Lift, 4 in Trims and 3 in Transfer
Manufactured by Vekoma MK100
1992 (Ninja) 2016 (Blue Hawk)
Is 122ft Tall and 52mph
Descriptions
Station Brakes- Are Brakes located in the station to park the trains
Lift- A area of the ride that pulls the train up and consists a brake in the safety zone of the lift in case of a emergency
Trim- The First Brake Run that slows the train to a constant Speed
Transfer: The Final Brake Run where it holds the storage unit for trains in or out of service and acts as a block
Definition of a block:
A Block is a safety device to hold trains during two train operations and if the station is occupied, then the brake behind the station will hold the second train
There you have it!! Glad you understand about safety!!
TL;DR: yes, roller coasters and theme parks are some of the safest forms of entertainment. You're more likely to be in car accident to-and-from the theme park than you would be on a roller coaster.
My favorite experience was having to walk down the little maintenance plank on the side of a coaster in Tenn about 25 years ago. Scarier than the ride. My mother was slightly freaked out. Best roller coaster ever. They're too safe now lol
Plank??? Lol
@@Ender_Challenge don't make jokes so you can write another untrue tabloid fantasy. Go find a girlfriend in the philipines or some other country that likes stupid jokes
This video was uploaded a few minutes after I read an article about a 14 year old girl in Denmark having died in a rollercoaster accident.
@Anthony Kelley Uhu?
Coincidence wow
@Anthony Kelley You're* :)
@Anthony Kelley this is not a spoken medium.
@Anthony Kelley coasters are even safer in in Denmark then in the US it’s the only death on a coaster in Denmark in I think ever. Europes safety standards are so much better then in the US.
King's Island and Cedar Point in Ohio also do inspections real early in the morning as well. Most amusement parks are real good on safety practices.
I rode Cyclone at Luna Park in Bklyn NY and had no issue with it and it was so much fun 😊
I used to work at Six Flags. Magic mountain. Valencia. California. Decades ago. Their roller coasters are safe. However. Their safety depends on thorough daily inspections. To maintain every single piece and part of the roller coaster. Right down to the last Nut and Bolt. And since I used to work there I was able to observe their daily inspection and maintenance routines on the roller coasters. At least back then. And because of how thorough and extensive and safety countries they were. All the rides not just the roller coasters. At Magic Mountain. Were the safest rides on the entire planet. At least at that time. Their maintenance team was the best, I have ever seen of any of the amusement parks that I have ever been to. I just hope that all these years later now and today, they are still just as good if not better than they were all those decades ago when I worked there. That will always be my favorite amusement park. God bless them. Amen.
This is uploaded on the day that a 14 year old girl sadly lost her life in a roller coaster accident, she was riding the Cobra at Tivoli Friheden in Aarhus, Denmark.
Sending love to the family
That's probably not a coincidence, CNBC has probably been sitting on this video waiting for a relevant time to publish.
@@DBB277 yeah, probably.
@@DBB277 no, in the video it shows a new roller coaster that opened like 3 days ago. The video was probably made in the past 1 - 2 weeks.
Safety gets better all the time just when you think it can't. The restraints on really fast roller coasters are the same mechanism that is used to move the wing flaps on airplanes, and there are TWO per seat, in case one fails.
Also a cool safety feature I noticed on Joker at SFGA yesterday: they put neon bolt gel on EVERY bolt in every car, so if one of those suckers even THINKS about turning (which is EXTREMELY unlikely, they're torqued on tight and are probably also checked with torque guns frequently), the gel line will be broken and you'll see it with your naked eye. It made me feel extra safe!
There’s about 1000 other things you do daily , that are more dangerous than coasters .
The fact that so many people every yr go on these crazy rides injury free is a testament to the workers, designers, and policies in place. There was a wild west era where the ride came first and everything else came after, including safety (class action park is an excellent documentary on action park that highlights this mentality) but that's not even remotely the norm anymore. Most rides from this era with a bad reputation for people getting hurt or even being rough are typically fixed or are even removed/replaced altogether.
@1:56 it’s wildly accurate that he says this. i went to six flags Illinois memorial day weekend. there was a car accident at the main entrance.
You need to consider other related incidents too. "A youth was shot to death and two people were wounded Wednesday night in a parking lot at Six Flags Magic Mountain, authorities said." Los Angels Times, APRIL 9, 1998.
Disney's Expedition Everest isn't the most expensive roller coaster in the world anymore. It was beaten, in 2019, by Universal's Hagrid's Mythical Creatures Motorbike Adventure. Expedition Everest was $100 million while Hagrid was $300 million.
roller coasters are just another type of machinery that subject to wear and tears. so how safe the coaster is solely depends how the human manage it which includes inspection, operating and servicing
Yes they are extremely safe millions of people go to amusements parks and ride rollercoasters every year and a very small amount of those people ever get injured let alone die. Accidents can happen but a lot of things people do can result in a injury or death.
Is anything in life truly safe? Is getting in a car safe? Is walking out your door safe? No, but that's what makes life thrilling. That's why thrill seekers do what they do.
Now while it may not be completely safe you still have a better chance of being struck by lightning 50x in a row than dying on a coaster.
My dad and I were hurt on a ride at Action Park. I don't remember the name of it but it was like a bobsled ride down a mountain with a lot of sharp turns.
The size of the ride has nothing to due with its safety. Just cause rides are bigger and more intense does not at all mean they are less safe than any other ride. 99% of amusement park hospitalization also are usually from people not following rules and doing stupid things in the queue, midway or on the ride.
Facts
guys i can GUARANTEE roller coasters are safe. amusement parks like these go through TONS of tests on the rollercoasters. if the staff think the ride isn’t safe, they’ll run a train through or even shut it down. most deaths are just by guests not following the rules.
Roller coasters and other amusement rides are safe enough that I don't believe I am in significant danger from riding them. We do far more dangerous things every day.
However, they *should* be safer than they are, and I do think more consistent standards and oversight would help. Nobody needs to ride a roller coaster--they exist purely for purposes of fun. Also, since thrill rides are to some degree meant to *simulate* mortal danger, anyone who rides them is to some degree overriding the instincts that usually protect us from danger--there's a high degree of implicit trust being given. Given that, our standards should be extremely high.
It seemed like there was an unusual rash of accidents in 2021, and it's not hard to imagine that pandemic-induced labor shortages taking a toll on maintenance and ride operations were part of that. But it would be interesting to verify that with actual statistics.
Stop fear mongering bruh
I went to Action Park in the 80's when I was visiting my Aunt & Uncle in NYC one summer. They had some cool water slides there, I remember one that went under ground and then shot you out about 15 feet above a pool and you fell into the water. I loved it, it was like the best day ever for me, I had no idea I was in the most dangerous amusement park in America.
yeah all theme parks are safe except that one when it existed lol that place was a danger zone.
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Don’t let the GP tell you otherwise, roller coasters are safer than airplanes
Airplanes Are Still Safe Though
man I did my senior high school project on this back in 2011. as technology advances. people become negligent about safety. rotating shifts are a necessity as you will get burnt out repeating the same process for hrs. you physiologically go into automatic mode and your mind starts to drift and your body takes over and starts completing the task. people are dangerous not the rollercoasters.
22 deaths since 2010 is … VERY LOW. car accident deaths happen in 30 minutes
The most expensive coaster ever built isn’t Expedition Everest anymore. Hagrid’s at Universal’s Islands of Adventure beat them in 2019 at $300mil, and this year Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at Epcot beat that with a $500mil price tag
Gardians isn't confirmed to be 500 mil yet
I’ve been riding roller coasters for almost 40 years and I’ve never been hurt on one
@Blia Yang have fun!
is this an advert for Six Flags? Lol
Riding a rollercoaster is a lot like flying in a plane. It's generally very safe. There's a slight chance something can go wrong but it is highly unlikely. The moral is, just live your life. You can die sitting at home on the couch. You can die walking down the street. You can die on the job. Safety is something you can't always control. So you might as well just do something if you enjoy it.
I remember waiting in line for the “Mind Eraser” (now called “the riddler”) at six flags New England and someone’s flip flop fell off while they were on the ride and hit a person in line in front of me right in the face.
Thought that was messed up that they allowed to people to wear flip flops on those types of rides. He was ok but what if it was someone’s shoe or even keys. Could’ve got seriously hurt. But it goes to show that no matter how much they test the rides for safety there is always something they don’t account for that can happen.
I actually got stuck on the Mind Eraser. Not the one in NE, but we got stuck going up and had to wait. Then once they pushed the ride through, we got stuck at the bottom again. Pretty crazy
loads of parks do have rules against unsecured footwear
I'm more scared about the guess at Theme Parks, then the rides themself, Knotts had a huge brawl and had to implement a shaparone program. I've never been injured on a ride but I have been injured by guest before....
I just love other fellow coaster enthusiast raiding the comments 😄
riding a roller coaster at a major park must easily be many orders of magnitude safer than say, riding in the car on the highway for 30 minutes to get to the park
If anyone knows, when they test every ride in the morning do they account for the day's weather?
weather can be unpredictable but some rides can only ride in certain conditions. So if it's downpouring or too windy during the day then they will temporarily stop operations until the weather clears. Once it clears, they will retest the ride before beginning operations once again
So basically a few deaths or injuries a year, is acceptable. The money has to keep coming. That pretty much sums up Corporate greed in America.
I hate the feeling of the entire seat flipping 90 degrees forward and then taking off on the track. It’s just uncomfortable.
Same!!
Lol I wonder what our faces look like on a drop w/ so much wind going against it. It's kind of like little things, I don't even notice bc rides seem to go so fast. From a grounds view it's like wow, that coaster comes back gliding close to the ground. & I dont even remember it. I swear, my hubby's terrified of going to Carowinds. I let him past for 1 week, but he promised 😒 this weekend... if we don't go im about to block his phone for about a week too then. Not bc im a drama queen but I can't stand empty promises. Just don't say em if you can't pull through then, duh. It was supposed to b 4 my bday anyways. Not that he didn't made it completely miserable, it's just he still promised
22 people died in 12 years. I think more people died choking on Jello.
The statistics are really misleading:
First ride could be literally any ride at any park/fair with any injury. Fair tides are especially more unsafe. Chain rollercoasters are much safer. Additionally, roller coasters being taller doesn’t inherently make falling from them more of a danger. First, usually safety restraints are increased, but if you do somehow manage to fall off a 100 foot coaster vs a 400 ft coaster, bc of how falling is dangerous regardless, you most likely will die from both. (If that was even likely to happen). This issue is, we’ve been making 100+ ft coasters for years.
Wrong. The portable rides are far safer than stationary. They get taken apart and put back together by the same people that operate them. That means, the operator knows the ride inside and out, and if something isn't right, the assemble and disassembly process must halt to repair the parts so it CAN be completed. They also get inspected every spot by state inspectors, every day by the ride crews, and they are designed to be stronger to withstand the wear and tear of the traveling season.
Amusement park rides are inspected twice a year by state inspectors and daily by guys who only know what the ride looks like in its operating position.
Hope this clears things up.
@@darthvader5532 my opinion on fair rides comes less from how they are put together and more from how they are run. IE who is running it, how restraints are checked, etc. Much less safety precautions IME.
@@adellexmiles3155 well, I have been in the business for nearly 3 decades, and I can tell you without hesitation or misunderstanding, all of the injury statistics prove that portable rides are safer than stationary. That high school kid running a ride at cedar point, knows virtually nothing about that ride, that weird little dude at the county fair, knows what his ride should look like, sound like, how its vibrations should feel, what squeaks and clicks indicate something is wrong, can tell you the size and strength of the bolts used, how much power it requires, how its safety systems work, how much the ride weighs........ In effect, they know and understand that ride like no two hour trained kid at an amusement park does.
@@darthvader5532 Is there like some statistic you have? Bc I have been on two rides (that inverted) in which riders restraints weren’t checked and a ride only could stay in due to centrifugal forces.
@@adellexmiles3155 I would need the name of the rides to be able to assess their restraints. By mentioning they invert, it narrows it down to about 60 ride models. To better explain, I'll give you OUR terminology for ride components.
1. Tubs = the seating pod
2. Sweep = the arms of a ride that the tubs are attached to.
3. Center or hub = the main rotational point.
4. Axis = any hub that multiple tubs are attached to for rotation.
5. Spoke = any sweep on a vertical circular frame.
6. Mud seals = trailer to ground stabalizers or out-riggers.
Boom = a large (typically 2 sided sweep) that bears tremendous weight. Such as a Zipper, double ferris wheel or a Mach 5.
If any of these components sound like parts on the rides you rode, use them to describe the rides structure and locomotion and I can pretty much tell you what they were, who builds them, how they function, and all safety features.
Best place for stats is Ride Accident Database, OABA (outdoor amusement business association) or IAAPA (international association of amusement parks and attractions.) Websites. Just so you know, the most dangerous ride in the industry, is the bench seat style Ferris Wheel. More people have died from seat rocking on those ferris wheels than all other ride models combined, and the number is in double digits. Not to shabby for a model that is ridden by over 12M a year worldwide.
Of course rollercoasters are 100% safe why would a theme park install a dangerous rollercoasters
Quick answer, YES! Riding a roller coaster is safer than the car ride you took getting the park.
The rides that I would not trust are small town carnival rides and county fairs ride's.
Dude If Your Gonna Watch A Video On Rollercoaster Saftey At Least Learn It Applies To All Coasters
Why are people still questioning if roller coasters are safe? It’s already been proven a dozen times over.
Thanks for the help. Don’t think I would ever ride after seeing a particular scene in a movie called Final destination 3
5:30 the most expensive coaster is Hagrid’s Magical Motorbike adventure at Universal coasting 300million dollars
My takeaway is that Six Flags bothers to employ trained professionals from 4am-10:30am
As of this videos creation, the most expensive roller coaster would've been Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
Heck, water rides at water parks are less safe than roller coasters.
What's Your Point Though Water Rides Are Still Safe
Although action Park was dangerous it was the best amusement park I've ever been to in my life I've never had more fun than I had there and that's the God's honest truth.
wish i couldve experienced the chaos myself.
5:23 The journalism in this is shockingly bad, even in 2022 when this was released, the most expensive coaster was not Everest at $100M, it was Hadgrid's magical motorbike adventure at $300M. Dw CNBC you're only out by a factor of 3, no big deal. Things like this just show the greater systematic problem of relying on single sources and not fact checking.
As a ride operator at a cedar fair park I can say you are risking your life going on rides which is why we take safety very serious and why we rules
Funny I was there on 4th of July just recently at the magic mountain in California it was fun and all but on the very 1st ride the X2 my neck had bad pain after it. still I wasn't going to stop riding after that
The most expensive coaster is not actually expedition everest anymore. Its now Hagrids Magial Creatures Motorbike Adventure, quite the long name, indeed. The price shoots up to around 300 million dollars from the extensive theme, the bike restraints, the 7 launch sections, multiple block zones, a spike, a backwards section, and multiple sections including animatronics.
It’s as safe as flying a plane I think. Receiving a headache is not an injury if rider is known to be sensitive to it.
chances of dying on a plane 1 in 11 million chances of dying on a rollercoaster 1 in 750 million
It’s safer then driving a car
Facts
You know what I fear more than the coaster it’s getting stuck on the lift hill and having to walk done those sketchy ass stairs let’s hope this doesn’t happen
They’re not sketchy lol
4:35 "levitating tracks" wtf is she on about? There's no maglev coaster that I know of
Nothing is ever perfectly safe but you’re about as likely to get into car accident and shot in the parking lot on the same day.
Terrible timing, Today a 14 year old girl passed away from a rollercoaster that derailed in Denmark
That coaster had a similar accident shortly after it open it now permanently closed
Pretty safe. Similar to planes incidents are rare it's just people get scared when they see the few incidents in the news
I did not ride my first roller coaster until I was 29 because I had a slow-growth sport and on top of my Major Brain surgery I had back in May of 08 that delayed me from riding roller coasters my first roller Coaster was Manta at Seaworld Orlando I am now an ace member and a coaster enthusiasts