Ride accident in Japan caught on tape

[RBull4life]

Saw this over at coasterbuzz.com. It is damn scary thats for sure.

Moderators Note : Warning, video contains some graphic content.
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/rollercoastertragedy.html

Here is another ride accident.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/swings.html

[msoeagle]

I dont get what happened on the first one?

[RBull4life]

^ It looks like they were workers on a crane next to the ride, either trying to get people down, or just talking to them, when the ride started. In the second video, that one guy just gets crushed underneath the ride.

[[jonrev]]

Holy shit!

[CoasterDude12-2]

Oh wow, that was scary.

[Sireze]

For The Second Video, I think that mans head got slashed off. Thats Scary!

[Timmy179]

Uh, Innapropriate.

[FRD714]

Holy (Mod Note: Watch your Language)!

Ditto

[Trailblazer Tony]

Uh, Innapropriate.

I agree, if people died during those, that's kind of sickening. But otherwise...

[RedOne3781]

WHY did I click that link? What in the WORLD was I thinking?
That was just so sad, scary and gross. Especially the second link.
I just hope the families of those who were seriously hurt or killed didn't see that footage. Because seeing something like that could leave some serious scars on those tied into the accident.

[rct2wizard360]

I conquer.

The first video is far more disturbing than the second one.

I'd compare it to another incident but I don't have the heart.

[[jonrev]]

Saw this over at coasterbuzz.com. It is damn scary thats for sure.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/rollercoastertragedy.html

Here is another ride accident.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/swings.html

Dude, ride accidents are NOT cool. Anyone else reading this please dont post these kind of videos anymore, they're plain disgusting.

[RBull4life]

I never said that they were cool.
I just find that first video interseting only because the ride appears to be an S&S tower, and I thought that there where safety measures installed on those rides that makes what happened on that video impossible.

[DejaVuGurl1203]

Wow... that's just plain scary.

[Galvan]

For The Second Video, I think that mans head got slashed off. Thats Scary!

I seriously doubt that Real TV, which is a television program that runs all kinds of videos would air a video where a man is decapitated.


Where where these accidents at anyway?

[twixmix0303]

Most of the stuff in eBaum's World isn't real. I hate that site.

[CoasterDave316]

I never said that they were cool.
I just find that first video interseting only because the ride appears to be an S&S tower, and I thought that there where safety measures installed on those rides that makes what happened on that video impossible.

That wasn't a S&S tower.

Not sure what type of drop tower it was, but I know it's not S&S.

[RBull4life]

Thanks. I wasn't sure if S&S was the only ones that made drop towers like that.

[FParker185]

The tower video is real, it's a clone of a Huss Shot N' Drop that was designed by a local (to that park)Colledge Physics Teacher, and manufactured locally as well.

After that incident Huss came out and warned the dangers of unlicensed clones of their rides as they arent built to Huss's Exacting Standards.

I guess that physics teacher designed that drop tower from pics and some drawings of a Huss ride.

No idea on the swings, but I've had both of these videos saved for years now, neither is very recent.

[RBull4life]

Lets see if I get this right. A physics teacher, going by some pictures and drawings, took it upon himself to design and build a Huss shot'n'drop ride, without the proper specifications or blueprints, and then open it to the public?
Its nice to see that ride safety is alive and well in Japan, or wherever that was.

[msoeagle]

^ Other countries really need to raise there ride safety standards.

[FParker185]

well, I believe it was the parks idea and they sought out someone with some knowledge of physics, which happened to be the local teacher.

Though something like that would fly in the US, really the only common safety rules in the US is parks have to follow the safety rules set forth by the manufacturer (whoever it may be), and it has to conform to ASTM standards, which really arent all that strict when you compare it to say the TUV.

Though no park in the US would take that sort of risk, basically every park would rather go with no new ride rather than a potientially dangerous cheap ride.

[LAFFfan4lyfe]

that's kinda freaky. If i were those people on that ride who survived, if any did, I'd never go near rides ever again...or at least those rides..

[msoeagle]

The ride was stuck and they were trying to get people off right? And PLEASE tell me both rides were scrapped after these incidents

[FRD714]

Well the second ride scrapped itself. Dont know about the tower though. Hopefully.