You know, you can spit out all kinds of numbers and the average person isn't going to care. What they care about is what the media and news outlets sell them. The average person isn't going to figure out 1 in 25 million or 1 in 18,000. They are going to sit in front of their TV or newspaper and think....."Wow another one!....." It is sad, and I feel sorry for the family.

Of course I am such a Disney freak, that if it happened to me, my family would be happy knowing I died in a place I loved. :eek: (not happy I died...just for clarification)

That kid was subjected to no more "extreme Gs" than he would have if his parents swerved their minivan to avoid an accident on the way to the park..

It's too late to edit what I had quoted in that post, that was supposed to be an :eek: -

My take is this:

I'd like to see statistics of how many people die seated in Movie theatres or sitting in restaurants. I bet it'd be higher than you think.

Death happens everywhere. When it happens in a theme park (especially a Disney park) it gets media attention. Sad, but true.

But it's the fear of whether "I'm going to me the next one in 25 Million" that is strong, regardless of how rational it is. If people live in fear, that's what their going to do. Personally, I don't. Plus I've been on enough coasters that I doubt I'll ever experience this kind of thing. Also, if only we had those kinds of odds on the freeway, I'd feel much better about driving to work! ;)

And yes, death is everywhere, but if someone has an anurisim on a roller coaster it was caused by riding the coaster (and an unknown pre-exsisting condition- the fear part of the unkown). Something most of us can say we do. If they die in a theater or resturaunt, unless there is neglagance (IE slip & fall), then it was most likely just their time to go.

I agree CP, it's not cool to joke about, IMHO.

~Bob

Someone with such an unknown preexisting condition stands just as much chance of dying while taking a particularly large dump as the do on a coaster. Need it be mentioned again that your chances of death are orders of magnitude greater on the drive to and from the park, no pre-existing condition (other than life) necessary?

Several collisions in a row on Big Thunder caused by human/design error had me worried. A few people dying randomly due to the inherently complicatd and fragile biology of human beings doesn't particularly concern me.

That's what I like about you, GD, you're all class ! ;)

If it's scary enough, sometimes I wanna doo on a coaster... :D

The comment earlier in the thread was a quote from another board I frequent - I didn't find it funny, and I regret "sharing" it here.