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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sandman on May 21, 2002, 01:50:38 PM

Title: Let me be the first to say...
Post by: Sandman on May 21, 2002, 01:50:38 PM

...that this Democrat is an idiot.

Edward J. Markey (http://www.house.gov/markey/iss_parkrides.htm)

Title: let me be the first to ask....
Post by: Udie on May 21, 2002, 01:58:39 PM

What makes him any diferent than any of the others?


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Title: Let me be the first to say...
Post by: Elfenwolf on May 21, 2002, 05:58:57 PM

Why is he an idiot? I scanned the articles and he was concerned with roller coaster safety, but what's wrong with that?

Title: Let me be the first to say...
Post by: Sandman on May 21, 2002, 06:22:47 PM

If you check the roller coaster boards and statistics, the vast majority of people that get hurt, do so because they weren't following direction. They break the rules, ignore the size requirements, unstrap themselves, etc.

Here's an example from Markey's site:
http://www.house.gov/markey/iss_parkrides_97safety.pdf

It states that roller coasters are surpassed by only automobiles on the likelihood of injury. If you look at the details, it states that 3 people in 1997 were killed.

Just one year! Hardly a statistically significant sample size. In addition, it compares fatalities to miles traveled as if distance has any meaning whatsoever on a coaster.