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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will say this event has seriously opened my eyes to the presumption of safety we have in amusement parks vis a bus rides. If I go to Hersheypark and the coaster is running, I assume that means it was tested for safety, approved by a governing board, and frequently inspected and maintained to be up to safety regulations. To realize that depending on the state that is not at all a given is quite sobering. [/quote]

It has been. Pennsylvania has strong regulation of rides.[/quote]

Yes but does Virginia? Maryland? Any other state I might visit? I have no idea and I didn't realize until this event that that might vary from state to state. I know now that it's not guaranteed depending on the state. I would have just assumed, this is a major park, this ride has obviously been tested and regulated and inspected, so if it's running, it's fine. [/quote]

Yes, the rides (Busch Gardens, Kings Dominion, Six Flags, Water Country) are tested/inspected daily before any customer sets foot on it.  The odds of something happening are very very very slim.  Sometimes, rides will shutdown mid day because a safety function did it's job. [/quote]

We were at Kings Dominion the day of the earthquake in 2012. My daughter, niece and I were on the Ferris Wheel and my husband and my nephew were, ironically enough, on the Shockwave roller coaster. Following the earthquake they shut everything down and said that nothing could be reopened until every ride had been tested one by one. And that is what they do every morning as well.[/quote]

I might have missed this earlier, my apologies in advance. How is the testing/inspection done in this area different than what is done in Kansas? Do we have state agencies doing the inspections and they do not? Or are there no requirements for daily inspections by park staff, etc?

I saw a news show in the last year or two at Six Flags that said park staff walk the tracks, run the rides w/o people, and then w/ park workers every morning before they open. Just trying to follow how this is different than what is done (or not done in Kansas).[/quote]

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