by Shannon Lisa

Created on: January 17, 2008

Amusement park rides are obviously not 'safe' because people continue to get hurt on them, people continue to die on them. When is everyone going to realize that anything you volunteer to get into that you know isn't safe....is never going to be really safe? You can argue until your face turns blue...but the fact of the matter is that while it is true that nothing in this world is truly 'safe' by any measure because...stuff happens...amusement park rides are a risk you choose to take and you cannot get upset if something negative happens. I think it is sad that people get so angry when them or someone they know gets hurt on an amusement park ride...either because of neglegence on the part of the park staff, or stupidity on the part of the person....they sue the park. It is ridiculous because it isn't always the parks fault. Besides that, who told you the ride was entirely safe when you got on it in the first place? No one, that's who.

You all know perfectly well that people get hurt and/or die on amusement park rides across the United States everyday...if you don't know that already then go ahead, do a little research. I have. I found out tons of web pages with accounts relating how they or someone they know was paid off to lie about a leg they broke on a ride at some park. They get money, and they tell their friends they broke their leg falling down the stairs. I've found pages that show records of accidents at amusement parks across the nation, they keep accounts of it so that people will know. Not every accident or death makes the media. Not every accident or death has tons of witnesses. Some of the accidents and deaths happen after hours when staff people are using the rides. It happens, and the park covers it up often enough. You know that there are liars and cheats in the world, that being the case, it isn't too far fetched to think that there are more amusement park accidents than you know about, or want to think about.

All that aside, nothing in this world is safe no matter what we do...that doesn't mean amusement park rides are automatically safer just because there is supposedly less occurance of death and/or injury. Just because you have gone to Six Flags every day of your life since you were born and nothing has happened to you doesn't mean it doesn't happen at all.

Amusement park rides are not safe, no, but they are fun...and to some they are worth what is viewed as a small risk.

Remember, the human factor always raises or lowers the safety of something

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