[Coop]

What a tragedy for this family! But I honestly cannot fault the park for not having signs posted specifically forbidding gum, candy, etc.

[DeuceTraveler]

I agree. This is so over the top. Our corporations are running scared, another reason why we need tort reform. All this coddling of our population is enough to make me batty.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

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.

[ChemistCat]

Glenn Beck was talking on his show about his first ride on a jet launched off an aircraft carrier. He knew there'd be no beverage service on a military jet so he brought a can of Coke aboard and put it between his legs for takeoff. He was sitting facing the rear of the plane; other (military)passengers were sitting facing him. He had no idea (though he should have) of the forces that were involved in takeoff from a carrier, and was surprised to find after he recovered from takeoff that the coke was missing. Just gone. He had no idea where it had gone, and tried to pretend nothing had happened. His fellow passengers knew, however, and were highly irate--"You could have killed somebody!!! What were you thinking!!!" They retrieved the can of coke where it had completely flattened into some crevice in the plane. It's like he shot a missile at their heads. SPOOOSH! Nobody thought to warn him not to take anything unsecured onto this plane, and I guess he never took physics in HS or college!

Some people need warning signs for EVERYTHING! Kids, especially, don't have the experience yet to appreciate subtle dangers...they need the signs, AND a check to make sure they understood that "this" meant them.

[k2blader]

Agreed.