Can confirm in X2 there's a nasty head bump near the end of the ride (ca. June 2026) that can catch you if unprepared, didn't remember it from previous seasons, probably needs extensive maintenance. Nowhere near rough enough to cause issues unless you had a previous condition.
How can a rider that's riding it for the first time possibly be anything other than unprepared for that?
One of the people in a coma is a kid (age unspecified), so if there's kids being injured and 70+ other cases of injury identified in their records, chances are it definitely is rough enough to cause issues even in people without a "previous condition" (previous condition: intact blood vessels in brain?).
If the park knew of previous grievous injuries and did nothing to remediate future ones, they're likely liable - especially if they did not publicise the known risks clearly to future riders.
Fair enough, I must have misread because for me it reads like the ride isn't anything unusual and the victims are somehow riding it wrong or ignoring advisories and riding in ill health.
Six Flags has defended the coaster by pointing out there is signage warning customers “there are inherent risks” in park rides and that X2 is regularly tested and meets industry safety regulations. The company’s attorneys have argued that forces generated by the ride are not strong enough to cause a brain injury in a “normal” rider if the ride is used “as instructed” (in at least one case, the park’s attorneys said a rider’s injury was due to her negligence).
I want them to define normal here. Because you clearly haven't tested it on every body and every height.
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DonGirses@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1d
Can confirm in X2 there's a nasty head bump near the end of the ride (ca. June 2026) that can catch you if unprepared, didn't remember it from previous seasons, probably needs extensive maintenance. Nowhere near rough enough to cause issues unless you had a previous condition.
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1d
What do you hit? Head goes hard back into the headrest?
DonGirses@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
yep
pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23h
How can a rider that's riding it for the first time possibly be anything other than unprepared for that?
One of the people in a coma is a kid (age unspecified), so if there's kids being injured and 70+ other cases of injury identified in their records, chances are it definitely is rough enough to cause issues even in people without a "previous condition" (previous condition: intact blood vessels in brain?).
If the park knew of previous grievous injuries and did nothing to remediate future ones, they're likely liable - especially if they did not publicise the known risks clearly to future riders.
DonGirses@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22h
Not defending six flags here, for sure they should have taken action, no idea how long it was in that state
pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2h
Fair enough, I must have misread because for me it reads like the ride isn't anything unusual and the victims are somehow riding it wrong or ignoring advisories and riding in ill health.
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
This is the wildest tidbit. What? Why? How?
burgermeister@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1d
Yeah I don't fuck with roller coasters
tquid@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1h
Aw they shut down the suicide coaster!
greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 4h
I want them to define normal here. Because you clearly haven't tested it on every body and every height.
Yeah no thanks I'll pass on any roller coaster.
hemmes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
But that dancing old guy is having so much fun!