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Amusement Ride Safety Safety is our industry’s top priority and amusement rides in the U.S. are extremely safe. In a typical year, more than 385 million guests safely enjoyed in excess of 1.7 billion rides at approximately 400 North American fixed-site facilities.
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Safety Regulations for U.S. Amusement Rides. Amusement ride safety in the United States is regulated through a patchwork of voluntary standards and federal, state, and local laws. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is authorized to investigate accidents and work with manufacturers to correct defects or hazards to specific machinery ...
States are Best Equipped to Regulate the Amusement Park Industry. Currently 44 of 50 states regulate amusement parks. The six without state oversight are Alabama, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah. These states contain few, if any amusement parks.
Elements of Effective Regulation: Recognize Amusement Ride Safety Standards. Regulation should incorporate existing ride safety standards established by one of the following bodies: ASTM International Committee F24 on Amusement Rides and Devices.
The committee on amusement rides and devices consists of roughly 1,200 members globally and is responsible for 24 standards. Here are three of the committee’s most significant standards according to Gonzales, which have been re-approved for the upcoming year.
reflect the aggregate safety records of all amusement devices in the United States. For example: State laws require that go-kart accidents be reported in Florida, but not in California. Thrill ride accidents at major theme parks must be reported in California, but not in Florida.
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The Council of Amusement and Recreation Equipment Safety (CARES) was founded in the late 1990s as a voluntary organization of chief government officials in the United States and Canada responsible for the enforcement of amusement ride regulations within their jurisdictions.
