Comments on: Woman Dies After Fall From Roller Coaster

By: pedro

pedro — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:26:42 +0000

ahora Maurer Sóhne pretende que los propietarios cambien el sistema de cierre del lapbar. !
Increible!. Los técnicos de la TÜV son suficientemente exigentes?.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:13:38 +0000

Thanks for the comment Pedro. I wonder if the parks should share any of the blame though. Obviously three similar rides isn't a good trend, but is maintenance or operation part of the equation as well?

By: pedro

pedro — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:41:00 +0000

MS is a very very bad constructor. In Zaragoza (Spain) one man fall in a spinning compact coaster and died. Exactly that in Japan or in "extreme" in Dixie Landing. This men was a big men 85 k and was a 1,90 tall.

By: alberto

alberto — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:58:08 +0000

Hello I write from spain some others accidents hapenned last years in Europe in this tipe of ride from Maurer sonhe.

This Extrem arrive from Germany where one passenger fall down from seven meters high, and also one person died in 1999 in Zaragoza Spain in the same ride Spinning coaster from Maurer.

Also more accidents hapenned in Germany. We work in front of Maurer in the court in Germany because This company sold usin December 2001 one Extrem coaster for 2.5 millions euro and this ride not pass the safety standards from tuv germany.

I hope we can safe some other live…

By: pedro

pedro — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:52:05 +0000

De echo, este tipo de montañas llevan 3 accidentes mortales y uno con lesiones graves, y no pasan el certificado de la TÜV SÜD alemana.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:15:20 +0000

Your lap bar popped p on Raging bull too? Dude, me too. I was in the second row, 3rd seat in, blue car, and we were going down the hill and my la bar popped up. Not funny. I almost fell out. I m so skinny and the lap bar went down all the way, and when it popped up, I was scarred. i thought I was going to fall out. Anybody else have this happen to them?

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:41:41 +0000

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been on the blog for a while, buts its been a very busy couple of months for me. Anyway, that's pretty sad. Some wild mouse coasters can have the seatbelts be the only thing holding you in at some points.

By: Ty Gooch

Ty Gooch — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:17:56 +0000

I just got back from islands of adventure and the same thing happened to me on ice dragon in the front row. The restraint went out a few notches and the seatbelt came out of the restraint. When I told the ride ops they didn't seem to care. Maybe there's something about b&ms built in 1999.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:32:08 +0000

During an accident like this I like to remind people how safe roller coasters in general. This post covers the chances of being in an accident in a car, plane, etc. Roller coasters are very, very, safe in comparison. Read the post here: Hulk Saves Woman & Chances of Dying on a Roller Coasters

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:42:26 +0000

No offense taken. Thanks for setting me straight. I obviously got S:ROS mixed up with another ride.

You're right those restraints aren't ratcheting lap bars. But, I DO remember the ride ops cramming someone into S:ROS. So the ride ops were likely pressing down on the riders until they got the 'sizing' seat belt to buckle (not until they got the 3 clicks).

I remember during the Bush Coaster Tour that the guide explained that seat belts were more for sizing than anything else. That's why he explained that Apollo's Chariot didn't need seat belts. It had the sensors instead.

Anyway, thanks for clearing that up.