[jriemer]

Part of the problem, though, is that adolescents go to parks like these all the time without parents and get on rides like this without thinking.

On a similar thread about lack of parental supervision: Great America used to have a terrible time with gangs trying to establish "turf" back in the 80s because the amusment park is located between Milwaukee and Chicago. There were a lot of fights, usually in the parking lot, that the park management and the Gurnee PD tried to keep out of the news.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Very interesting. I guess I'm not surprised, but it's just one more reason why I wouldn't let my kids go to a place like this by themselves.