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Screaming Coasters

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Just browsing on Youtube and I found this -

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSXTrycC2oQ&feature=related[/youtube]

It just goes to show how poor maintenance is at some of these places. My advice is, if you don't see "ADIPS" or an equivalent insurance disk on the rides operations window (which is an legal requirement) do not go on the ride. Safety inspections by officials would not have been carried out.

So question is, did you know of this legal requirement of placing an in-date insurance disk on the window of a ride? If so, do you ever look when going to a funfair? Or do you go on a ride in good-faith?
 
I've said it half-a-million times: I do NOT go on fair ground rides. I absolutely hate them. These type of things are made to come apart easily so they can be put together wrong. Video only proved it and makes me hate them even more.

I was unaware of any legal requirement in the United States requiring ride inspections. There have been several rides at several fairgrounds that didn't look close to being safe. I remember refusing to ride a Gravatron because the tires were bald.
 
Oh, I've seen the disks before. And I happen to love fairground rides, simply because the forces can exceed that of what you can get on a coaster..

At least it wasn't as bad as that swinging ride falling off it's shaft.
 
I'm ok with funfair rides - although a bit more risky than park rides, they still have a great safety record - particularly in europe and the US...
 
I rarely go to Funfairs anyway. But when I do it's always the 'fun' stuff I go on like the fun houses and ghost trains. :)

I don't like other fair rides as they feel like they are going to fall apart any second and they usually make me feel ill as they always put them on the longest and fastest setting.
 
I know of the ADIPS disks but I got to admit I never check them at fun fairs and just ride in good faith.

The fairs I have been to never have anything really good anyway, the biggest things I have been on in a fun fair is a Fabbri Booster and a Bungee Ball.
 
I demand to see the disk and operating certificate on every fairground ride I approach, even if I have no intention of riding it.

I will quizz the operator at length over the operating procedure and test his knowledge of various emergency situations. If he gets any questions wrong, I will fetch the cones and hazard tape from my car and secure the area

Also, I lubricate the hinges of every door I need to open prior to risking ligament damage in my forearm trying to force it. But I keep the oil can in a watertight container so it cannot drip on the floor below me and result in a slip.
 
Tim said:
I demand to see the disk and operating certificate on every fairground ride I approach, even if I have no intention of riding it.

I will quizz the operator at length over the operating procedure and test his knowledge of various emergency situations. If he gets any questions wrong, I will fetch the cones and hazard tape from my car and secure the area

Also, I lubricate the hinges of every door I need to open prior to risking ligament damage in my forearm trying to force it. But I keep the oil can in a watertight container so it cannot drip on the floor below me and result in a slip.
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Are you serious?
 
^ Obviously not. Haha.

I love fair rides because they are almost always way more intense than theme park rides.
 
So? It's a fairground ride.. Everyone knows they're dodgy, and you're still more likely to get stabbed by some chav than have an accident on a ride.
 
The travelling Wild Mouse's catch my eye the most when safety is in concern. They support everything with scrap planks of wood and you can notice them budge as the carts travel down the second drop.
 
I never knew of these disk things, so yeah, I've always ridden in good faith. It's more the actual ride operators I don't trust since they have always failed to check restraints, and also because of the fact that my stepdad (he's over six feet tall) went on a coaster at the fair last summer and the guy didn't check his height, and his head almost hit off of one of the supports. He actually had to duck to avoid them!

The only fair rides I truly trust are those at the Michigan State Fair because it's a famous fair. The small carnivals in front of the shopping malls and such, well, I don't really trust them.
 
I remember hearing that fairground rides should actually be more safer seeing as they are assembled and disassembled so often that its easier to find faults that way and the maintenance would happen more often compared to a similar model at a theme park.

This probably applies to the huge German fairs etc where they take saftey very seriously unlike some dodgy funfair which appears in some field overnight.
 
Screaming Coasters said:
Richie said:
I love fair rides because they are almost always way more intense than theme park rides.
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Theres a reason why rides aren't run on full speed but fairs seem to ignore this. :)
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Erm, no. It's because they have different target audiences.

Parks are a family thing... hence the rides not being put on full power.
 
I love fairground rides, I always go on them and have trusted them like all my life. Luckily I've never been caught in an accident yet but it could happen to me one day.
 
Emmett said:
I remember hearing that fairground rides should actually be more safer seeing as they are assembled and disassembled so often that its easier to find faults ...
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I take your point but don't forget that parks also MUST disassemble all parts of their rides at least once a year for inspections. You might think these places are dead in winter but believe me they are a hive of activity! And the parts which can't be totally dismantalled (like structure) are tested in location (e.g. NDT, non-destructive testing). So, I really think you are safer with a theme park.

Also, can we stop calling the stickers "insurance disks"...? it's nothing to do with insurance. They're just proof of inspection. It doesn't "insure" anybody to my knowledge. It's just that without one, you're open to an arse-raping from the Health and Safety Executive.
 
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