Do we need to have OHR on Coasters

[Golfie]

It would be impossible to have a lap bar on SLC's and inverteds because there is no floor to attach the lap bar to. Sure, there's the bottom of the seat, but would that really be safe?

 

 

Andrew "They're fine how they are now." C.

[FeelTheFORCE]

Yea I think they are just fine the way they are now...if you dont like how the restraints are, then dont ride it.

[Gnome]

Revolution wouldn't have OSTR's if it weren't for the California safety regulations, for example.

I don't think that regulation really exists. Montezooma's has had thier restraints untounched. (Allthough it does have seatbelts, but ride doesn't, nowadays?)

[DCs221]

All B&M hypers.

[Screamomatic]

Yeah, I think Arrow Suspended Coasters like vortex at PCW should have Lapbars, big comfy ones like on B&M Hypers. The only issue is that the end brakes would throw you around a bit...

[Calvin]

Revolution wouldn't have OSTR's if it weren't for the California safety regulations, for example.

I don't think that regulation really exists. Montezooma's has had thier restraints untounched. (Allthough it does have seatbelts, but ride doesn't, nowadays?)

 

It's either a regulation or has something to do with insurance.

[jALIg]

jeah its most likely the innsurance terms or the risk of getting sued by the guest and iver heard that the breaks on revolution thorws you around a bit and then its better with OTSR

[KBNA777]

I don’t know if they do this with roller coaster design, but in the Nuclear industry we use PRA (probabilistic risk assessment) on each of the possible failure points of any process. I am going to assume they do something like this, but probably call it something else, and they look at each element in the track design and figure out what restraint should be used. Sure if the coaster makes it up the lift hill it should return to the station, but accidents happen and maybe it becomes stuck in a corkscrew or other twisting inversion. Do lap bar restraints provide a “fail safe” option? Its crap like that, that states or countries or coaster companies have looked at and determined the restraint needed. It is likely that on most if not all of the rides it has been shown that using lap bars would not provided a safe or effective means of restraint.

 

Personally I have never ridden Mindbender but have ridden OTSR rides like Batman and Ninja (SFStL) and don’t mind them. But my wonderful fiancé has unfermented me about how much “cooler” it is to loop with the lap bar.

 

But then again what do I know, I work with Nuclear Reactors.