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- Who Regulates Amusement Parks?
- What's The History Behind The Regulation System?
- So, Why Aren't Amusement Parks Federally Regulated?
- How Often Do People Die on Amusement Park rides?
Typically, state agencies have oversight, according to Randy King, a safety consultant based in Houston, Texas, who has over 30 years of experience in the safety and amusement park industry. When it comes to standardization of safety at parks, the industry relies on ASTM International, an organization that develops and publishes standards for a num...
A state's department of agriculture normally regulates amusement parks or at least fixed (or immovable) rides, according to Martin Lewison, an associate professor at Farmingdale University in New York who was dubbed by The New York Times as "Professor Roller Coaster." That's because parks began as traveling businesses that would turn up at US agric...
King and Lewison say the answer to this is simple: The industry would not benefit from federal oversight. "It could make things worse," King said, adding that getting the federal government involved does not make things better. To that point, Lewison said involvement from the feds would cost the industry too much. "They would have to now deal separ...
It's very rare for someone to die, let alone get injured on a ride at an amusement park. The safety record of the amusement park industry is amazing, Lewison said, and ride designers are serious about their work and safety. "The amusement industry operates with the understanding that one injury is one too many and there is an impressive effort made...
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Oct 6, 2022 · Fourteen-year-old Tyre Sampson died after slipping out of his seat while on the Orlando FreeFall ride at ICON Park on March 24. The eighth grader was a star football player who was visiting the theme park with his team.
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Apr 19, 2022 · Tyre Sampson died on March 24 on the Free Fall ride at Orlando's Icon Park after he slipped out of his seat and plummeted to the ground. The ride takes guests up to 430 feet in the air and...
