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

[RStar]

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

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by RStar

B
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.

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.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

Wes - what a sick man

Not funny, Matt. Call me touchy but I think it's too soon to laugh at a dead child and his horrified family

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Not funny, Matt. Call me touchy but I think it's too soon to laugh at a dead child and his horrified family

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

[CoasterMatt]

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..

[lashbear]

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.

[scaeagles]

Boy had congenital heart defect

[CoasterMatt]

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.

[CoasterMatt]

I believe the radio call for that would be 10-38F...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by RStar

You know, now that you mention it, I always wondered why I thought it was weird when people, even grown men, scream like little girls on these rides.

So, grown women are natural fraidy cats?

Just because I understand there is no risk of me dying doesn't mean coasters and their ilk don't scare the sht out of me. Speed, heights and seeming close calls thrill me, even while I'm secure in my seat. I'm sure the same goes for most of the smart coaster fan community. I'm sure Matt has a word or two to say on this

Once again, I can only shake my head and say, "Only Alex."