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Generally speaking, yes, amusement park rides are safe. It is in the best interests of the owners of the parks to have their equipment and rides in tip top condition. The last thing that they want is an accident caused by one of their rides in their park. Not only would they loose customers and their reputation but I would imagine that they would be sued and find it difficult to get adequate insurance cover in the future.

There will always be the extremely occasional accident, but then no activity is 100% safe in life. We still travel by car, train and airplane even though we know that they sometimes crash and people die.

The point is, though, that we are aware that these accidents are infrequent and realize that it is highly unlikely to happen to us so we choose to take our chances. We cant back out of life just in-case there is a far away possibility of danger. If we did we wouldn't be able to do virtually anything.

We need to keep this issue in perspective with reality. I think that if I ate a burger each day and went on an amusement park ride, not directly after the burger hopefully, I would be more likely to die from clogged up arteries than I would be to die from the ride.

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