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MILLION TIMES AND NOTHING BAD
HAS EVER HAPPENED.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS ACCIDENT,
WHAT STRIKES YOU ABOUT IT?
>> WHAT STRIKES ME IS A
SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
FURTHER LOOKED AT.
I THINK WE WORKED WITH SIX FLAGS
AND THEY HAVE A TEAM OF PEOPLE,
AS I UNDERSTAND, LOOKING DEEPLY
INTO THIS.
MOST INTERESTING THING IS THE, I
THINK THE WEIGHT OF THE
INDIVIDUAL AND THE SIZE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL IN THIS CASE.
BEING A PERSON THAT APPEARS TO
BE OVER THE 95 PERCENTILE SIZE
OF A PERSON AND THAT IS WHAT YOU
HAVE TO LOOK AT WITH THE DESIGN
OF THE LAP BAR AND THE DESIGN OF
THE RIDE.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR OTHER
THINGS, AS WELL.
>> ARE THERE WEIGHT LIMITS ON
ROLER COASTERS?
>> CERTAIN SIZES THAT ARE
SCREENED.
LARGE SIZE, SMALL SIZES.
THOSE ARE RIDE DEPENDENT AND
PARK DEPENDENT.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
CONSIDERED.
>> SO, WITNESSES SAID THAT WHEN
ROSY PUT HER, YOU KNOW, PUT THE
BAR DOWN, THE BAR UP BECAUSE IT
IS A LAP BAR.
SO, IT COMES UP FROM THE FLOOR.
SHE SAID IT CLICKED ONCE INSTEAD
OF THREE TIMES.
BUT IF IT ONLY CLICKED ONCE
WOULD IT LOCK INTO PLACE OR DOES
IT NEED TO CLICK THE OTHER TWO
TIMES?
>> I WOULD SAY THE BAR'S
POSITION IS DEPENDENT ON THE
SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE
INDIVIDUAL.
YOU COULD HAVE A DEVICE LIKE
THAT BAR FIT OVER A WOMAN THAT
HAS CERTAIN SIZE THAT WOULD BE
95 PERCENTILE AND WOULDN'T GET
TO THE FURTHER LOWER POSITION
BECAUSE OF THE RESTRAINT OF THE
BODY.
THIS ALL HAS TO BE LOOKED AT AND
UNDERSTOOD IF THIS RIDE WAS
APPROPRIATE FOR A PERSON OF THIS
SIZE.
>> WITNESSES SAY SHE WAS
CONCERNED, BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF
THE CLICKING NOISE.
SO, IT'S POSSIBLE THE LAP BAR
WHEN SHE PUSHED UP ON IT WHEN
THE ROLLER COASTER WAS
STATIONARY, SHE COULDN'T PUSH IT
UP AND IT WAS LOCKED AT LEAST
SOMEWHAT?
>> THAT'S VERY POSSIBLE.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT RIDES,
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF
THINGS.
NOT NECESSARILY THE BAR ITSELF,
BUT ALSO PART OF THE SPEED
CONTROL ON THE RIDE, MAINTENANCE
ON THE RIDE.
AND, ALSO, WHAT THE OPERATOR OR