The chief executive of Six Flags says the company will install seat belts on the Georgia roller coaster from which a rider fell to his death earlier this month. The company’s rides with similar restraints will also get the safety upgrade.
The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
I’ve never understood how people like roller coasters like these. They’ve always felt loose and unsafe to me. The sliding and dangling in your seat makes me extremely uncomfortable.
Because it’s supposed to feel unsafe. That’s the thrill of roller coasters, isn’t it?