Alton towers crash

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The only kind of rollercoaster you'll ever get me on again is a single carriage one. If they were all not multiple carriages then this particular kind of accident could just never happen - yes the ques would be bigger, but to me that is the singular best safety measure do-able.

I was reading something the other day about how in this particular incident, a test car was sent around and never came back and that the second car should never have been sent with that being the case. It also said something about the "ride segments" and if a car doesn't exit a segment then the next car should not be allowed to enter the segment and the ride should stop....

Surely such a fail-safe is automated rather than manual...? In which case I can't understand how the crash happened - it seems a very logical safety feature to prevent this sort of thing.

 

[Glam]

As far as i'm aware it was only 'officially' announced that she has had a leg removed today.

Are we really five days ahead of the curve? No wonder we are ranked so high, wise.

Inside info @proactive ?

If my failing memory serves me right, I seem to remember at the time the accident was announced on the radio, that the girl involved would have to lose her leg due to the injuries sustained.

 

[Withnail]

Ah so, don't remember hearing it anywhere other than here - as you were...

 

[wildwood]

Rollercoaster crash caused by humar error

 

[wmrcomputers]

Yet still a human error that safety systems should have prevented. I feel semi-sorry for whoever's head this is put onto - there is no "manual override" in the world on such a ride that should allow a carriage to start the ride while another is on the tracks. End of. I blame the manufacturer 100%.