verticalzero Posted December 8, 2006 Posted December 8, 2006 I found this article, anyone know what switch is this guy talking about..? Puritas Spring Park I worked at Puritas Springs Park and ran every ride except the Cyclone. That Cyclone is still the fastest coaster I have ever ridden. You had to be 21 to operate that ride. Anyway, one day I was operating the ride we called the Salt and Pepper shaker. Can't remember its real name right now but it looked like two bullets on a long bar. It would go round and round but if you hit a certain switch it would also rotate up to a point where it was going around parallel to the ground. This time one of my good friends was in one of the bullets with his girlfriend. Normally when you hit that switch it made one complete revolution up and down, and then went back to the normal up and down rotation. Dummy me, when I had them rotating parallel to the ground, I flipped the switch thinking that would keep them rotating parallel continuously until I decided to let them down. Didn't work that way. As soon as I hit that switch the entire ride came crashing down against itself and the center pole. Fortunately, nobody was hurt but the ride was out of commission for 5 days. My friend thought it was all very funny not realizing he almost got killed. Bob Stanton, North Las Vegas, NV, Sep. 22, 2006
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