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carnival ride collapses in california; 24 injured

Published May. 17, 2008

A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring all 24 people aboard.

 

Yea, I am printing this out and keeping in my pocket at any carnival we go to!  That way, I can show it to whoever decides to tell me "Its ok that they install these rides in a matter of minutes while smoking a cigarette and God-knows whatelse".

I will just have to be a MEAN mommy!



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The last thing you need to worry about when at any fair in North Carolina is the safety of the rides. Those things are inspected at every turn, right down to the torque applied to bolts. All our state inspectors operate under authority of general statute and are fully NARSO trained and certified. In fact, it is safer to be on a ride at the fair than it is at a theme park. The theme park rides are only inspected at preseason, then at two month intervals. The fair rides are under continual inspection for the duration of their stay.

And the engineering specs are astounding. For instance, you know the ride where you sit in a chair attached to an upper arm by four chains while you spin around? Each one of those four chains by itself is required to be fully load bearing so even if three should snap, the remaining one will carry you to safety.

My mom had a magazine article with pics of kids hands blown up from firworks, she would drag it out every 4th of July. I'm sure she still has it, she pulled it out a few years back for my kids.

Glad no one was killed, this is scary stuff. STay away from the Carnival, just go to theme parks that have Engineering Requirments and the folks that work on them actually have DEGREES!

The only reason I need to give my kid is the only reason my mama ever gave me "Because I said so". If they want to argue, my mama taught me well :o) We go home!

Pick a safer entertainment venue, like the monster truck meet...

WHAT!! You mean it is NOT safe to have inbred mutants install working rides and take them apart many times a month? :(

Guess I will have to be more careful :P Its not bad being the "mean" person when you know your right,lol.

Then I would say, "Let's go see the pigs race!"

LOL you are nicer than me. I would keep this in my pocket and when my children would ask "Mommy, I wanna go on that *expensive over priced* ride" I will take out the article and remind them..it isn't worth the risks.

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