[Uncledave]

If they haul you up to 150 feet and drop you, you assume a certain amount of risk if the brakes don’t work. It’s simple physics.

I don't feel that way when you ride an elevator. I kind of trust the cables won't snap, don't you?

[HamiltonJay]

Trust they don’t snap, but also know that if they do the emergency brakes will immediately engage..... And yes, there is a small chance that this won’t happen, or they won’t work, or something else....

There is always a risk in life.

This is a tragic accident, but to portray it as something inately risky or evil with amusement parks is insane.

[AppyPappy]

I don’t pay to ride an elevator for fun. Elevators are not intended to “thrill” you.

After the elevator messed up in my building while I was in it, I used the steps a lot more.

[editor-surveyor]

"I don't feel that way when you ride an elevator. I kind of trust the cables won't snap, don't you?"

Elevators are protected by massive spring loaded brakes that are activated by the rapid fall. That won't work for the 'amusement' rides, because the fall is part of the ride. They are engineered to create fear, so safety is ragged at best.