timetrial3141592 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Can anyone provide a link to a law or a regulation to back up that this type of restraint is banned in any state? I have a hard time believing it to be true. Same. All I can find with some quick searching was this snippet from an article on RideAccidents.com, talking about Superman the Escape and Xcelerator - http://www.rideaccidents.com/2004.html#jun1b Intamin's T-shaped safety restraint bar -- used on both California rides -- was recently banned by the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety after an investigation into a fatality involving Intamin's Superman Ride of Steel roller coaster at Six Flags New England theme park in Agawam, Massachusetts. --- Intamin's Superman Ride of Steel roller coasters at Six Flags New England, Six Flags America in Largo, Maryland, and Six Flags Darien Lake in New York reopened last weekend after the parks modified those rides' safety restraint systems in accordance with the findings of the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety. Those modifications took about one month to complete. I always wondered why this happened, and now I know - photo of Darien Lake's Ride of Steel... Oh, right! The Shin Busters! I remember those. They made SROS @ SFNE almost unrideable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPmillenia94 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 That's just false. They were hardly noticeable and accomplished nothing.. Any form of T-bar is still in my opinion the most elegant comfortable and well engineered type of restraint. It's a shame it's so rare.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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