BrianL
Doom Buggy Driver
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2013
Man, that is heartbreaking! He knew something wasn't right - he had all that time to think about it. I can't imagine how something like that could happen, but then again I think about an incident I experineced once that makes me wonder.
Once at a local fair, some friends and I were going on a ride - not like this one, but like a big pole that swings way out with spinning cars on the end (the pole didn't go all the way around, but the cars might be inverted). Anyway, a couple of my firends are pretty big dudes and the ride operator was really trying to make it work for them. He was pounding on the harness and saying "squish-squish" in an actually hillarious manner - but he couldn't get the restraint to lock. This restraint buckled in to the bottom to a part that stuck up between the riders legs. Anyway, they couldn't get it to close and my friends couldn't ride (and I used it as an excuse to get off too - I wasn't crazy about that thing!). I can't help but think that a harness design like that would have saved this kid's life, because it would have either offered full top to bottom support or wouldn't have been closed at all and thus not able begin the ride cycle. I also wonder what might have happened had my friends been allowed to ride, because even closed they may have been above a weight limit and a few years later a ride of the same make did have a seat become detached during operation! I really am glad that I didn't ride it!
Once at a local fair, some friends and I were going on a ride - not like this one, but like a big pole that swings way out with spinning cars on the end (the pole didn't go all the way around, but the cars might be inverted). Anyway, a couple of my firends are pretty big dudes and the ride operator was really trying to make it work for them. He was pounding on the harness and saying "squish-squish" in an actually hillarious manner - but he couldn't get the restraint to lock. This restraint buckled in to the bottom to a part that stuck up between the riders legs. Anyway, they couldn't get it to close and my friends couldn't ride (and I used it as an excuse to get off too - I wasn't crazy about that thing!). I can't help but think that a harness design like that would have saved this kid's life, because it would have either offered full top to bottom support or wouldn't have been closed at all and thus not able begin the ride cycle. I also wonder what might have happened had my friends been allowed to ride, because even closed they may have been above a weight limit and a few years later a ride of the same make did have a seat become detached during operation! I really am glad that I didn't ride it!