12-year-old boy dies on Disney's Rock'n'Roller coaster

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

It's becoming a real fear of wether you will survive one of these things anymore!


But should it be? Since it opened, RnR has had probably at least 25 million passengers (and that is assuming 10,000 per day). Is a 1 in 25 million chance of the ride killing somebody a risk worth worrying about? Especially when the odds of me being murdered this year (assuming they were all committed randomly) is approximately 1 in 18,000?

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