fractalpotato
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- Jun 11, 2017
Not so sure the bystanders should have told her to drop to them so they could catch her. Lawsuit waiting to happen. How did she end up hanging from basket (like a gondola ride)?
I wonder is the safety bar is locked in place. On many of those style of sky rides, the bar is just manually lowered and it's easy for riders to lift it up. Years ago I saw teens lift the bar and jump from the ride at the turnaround point at Rocky Point Amusement Park in Rhode Island. The gap isn't large enough for even young teens to just slip through unless the bar is moved.
Is it the same type that WDW used to have? If so, you could get out of the security bar easily.
Maybe she was already dangling when they came upon her? Lots of details missing from this article.
Every one of these style rides I've been on the safety bar has been at most held in place by a twisting spring so you had to deliberately open it. While at Hersheypark a few weeks ago I was musing to my girlfriend about this exact scenario when we were in it, she would have preferred I waited til we were on the ground...
Yep. We have ridden it MANY times and so has my husband and his family. She was no doubt screwing around.Nothing malfunctioned on the ride. I am guessing she was being stupid and it landed her in the hospital. She's lucky she wasn't killed.
This is all based on what I was reading on Reddit (and saw in the video)...
In my opinion, everyone (except the girl, obviously) acted appropriately. Leaving her dangling by her neck while waiting for the authorities to show up would not have been good for her. I would not think there's any risk of a lawsuit here (but I'm not American).
I haven't seen this on Reddit, could you share a link?
In America, everything is at risk for a lawsuit (including lawsuits) and often frivolous cases get settled before court can throw them out to save money and bad press, it's pretty crappy.
Matt
https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/6jfyea/teen_suffers_no_serious_injuries_after_fall_from/I haven't seen this on Reddit, could you share a link?