WHAT A WAY TO GO!!!

Roller Coasters DO NOT cause cerebral aneurysms. However, they can
cause one to burst, so can running, walking, dancing, boinking and any
other activity that makes your body move. You can die sitting on a
park bench, or laying on your sofa.

The more healthy you are, the less chance you'll die from any
activity. If you follow MANY of the recent deaths at Disney World, you
find that literally ALL of them died from a pre-existing condition, or
a condition that should have stopped them from riding in the first
place.

So, look after yourself, do the right thing, and ride to your hearts
content.

And by the way, the best way to die on a coaster is to ignore the
rules and act stupid and do something dumb.

SAM

In rec.roller-coaster PeterOut <MajorSetback@excite.com> wrote:

First advice is to do as Eric said and consult a medical professional if
you are looking for medical advice.  That's the most obvious bit.

Second, it just so happens that there have been a number of studies
performed in recent years which investigate the mechanisms of injury on
roller coasters, in particular brain injuries and other head and neck
injuries.  Many of these studies are available online; whether they are
available or not, summaries are available courtesy of saferparks.org:

http://www.saferparks.org/safety/dynamic_force/research_articles.php

A few years ago, there was a lot of talk about placing limits on the
dynamic forces generated by amusement rides and this talk generated a
lot of research papers generally funded by one side of the argument or
the other.  The universal conclusion of all the reports was that the
dynamic forces generated by even the wildest roller coasters is
generally below the injury thresholds that the researchers were
concerned about.  The result is that there is now a considerable amount
of data that suggests that dynamic force limits are really not
necessary, or at least that the current dynamic standards employed by
designers are well within safe tolerance levels for most riders.

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There was a woman in her 80s at the CoasterCon and she rode everything.
Even Superman flying coaster. I'm 46 and I'm not dead yet(though
Ninja at SF Georgia almost broke my neck - TAER IT DOWN!). Might as well
enjoy your death.

"PeterOut" wrote :

Bitch, please!

I have a much greater chance of suffering an aneurysm just from reading
Rastus' stupid effin posts here on RRC

Look at people like Lucy White or Marie Miller, who rode roller coasters
well into their 90s without issue.

-b

My father is 79. Last year, he rode all the coasters at Kennywood,
including Phantom's Revenge.

I wouldn't worry yourself too much.

Aynthem

Many thanks to everyone who responded.  I went to Kings Dominion
yesterday and rode their wildest coasters.  No problem.  I guess I do
not have any cerebral aneurysms.  (However, my last BP reading was 11?/
6?.)