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[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]

+1[/quote]

Seeing a commercial for Lego Friends Amusement Park just makes me thinks of this kid.

A PP mentioned that the bars were bent and there was blood on the netting, but when I keep thinking how this could happen, I think his strap failed, he was flung forward, and the raft went over him.  Splashing blood, bending the bars and causing additional injuries if his neck wasn't already snapped.

I want to feel like it would be okay for my kid to ride a water slide again.  I know mostly it is, but I can't imagine the guilt his parents are feeling.  Their kid's death wasn't their fault, but I'm sure they blame themselves irrational as it is.[/quote]

NP here. Not irrational. If you are a Republican legislator and you vote for deregulation, this is a foreseeable, direct consequence. No one should have to die, but perhaps this Republican will grow a conscience because of it. Save your righteous indignation for the folks that allow corporations to flout safety in the name of profits.

And if you don't think cars, trains and airplanes are safer because of regulation--why aren't you driving a vintage Pinto or Corvair?[/quote]

AMEN.

Lack of regulation is backward. [/quote]

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