Panel Debate:

Where is Ride Safety Headed

Doug Dadswell (ADIPS), Peter Leutenstorfer (TUV) & Mike Whithers (Disney)
WHERE IS RIDE SAFETY
HEADING ?

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Dipl.- Ing. Univ.
Peter Leutenstorfer
DEPARTMENT FOR AMUSEMENT
RIDES AND LEISURE PARKS,
CERTIFICATION BODY FOR RIDES
www.AmusementRides-Safety.info
TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH
Department IS-FSF
Westendstraße 199
D - 80686 München
Tel. ++49-(0)89-5791-1962
Fax ++49-(0)89-5791-2022
mobile ++49-(0)160360 21 52
Peter.Leutenstorfer@tuev-sued.de
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 High Safety Level in the
Industry already achieved

There is permanent strive

in the Industry to further
minimize risk

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Children‘s forseeable Behavior ?

Girl, 11, killed in fall from log flume

(September 7, 2009) - At a festival in Bavaria,
Germany, an 11-year-old girl was killed in a
30-foot-fall from a log flume ride called
Wildwater. She was alone in her car and fell
when from one of the ride's highest points.
She died while being transported by
helicopter to a hospital in Munich. Inspectors
found no evidence that the ride
malfunctioned. They said that the ride's safety
system were working, .....

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Man dead after fall from roller coaster
(Saturday, February 14, 2009) - A 37-year- Adults Forseeable Behavior ?
old man was killed after falling 30-40 feet
from a roller coaster at Star City theme park
in Pasay City, Philippines. The accident
happened on a compact, inverted-type
roller coaster called the Star Flyer. Park
officials say that the ride's safety system
was operating properly at the time of the
incident, and that it is impossible for
someone to fall from the ride unless he
intentionally eluded the restraint harness
before it was locked.
According to a ride attendant, the victim
had asked whether falling from the ride
would be fatal. Several witnesses reported
seeing the man escaping from his harness
as the ride began.
The man's restraint device was found in the
locked position after the incident.

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Are the rules and laws sufficient everywhere?

Former park officials accept blame for

fatal roller coaster accident
- Daily Yomiuri, July 15, 2008

"According to the indictment, Ito and Tatebe

postponed the regular inspection that should
have been conducted no later than March
18, 2007, on the roller coaster Fujin-Raijin II
and allowed it to continue operating,
although a visible crack on an axle of its
second car was confirmed at the end of
November 2006. The prosecutor said their
negligence resulted in the axle breaking,
leading to the death of Yoshino Kogawara
and injuries to 12 other passengers."

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What is the correct age to assume
children‘s responsibility ?
Accelerations – Limits Defined in General
Governmental Requirements Increased
after Accident
Cobra Incident

Initial Inspection and Regular Thorough Inspections

of the right scope ?

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Does Amusement Park Certification need
to consider even further Aspects ?
Rakvere, Estonia -- In May of 2007, a fire broke out on the "Tivoli
Tuur" ride while in operation. The ride, which is similar to the
Enterprise, was running at full speed when smoke and flames
engulfed the gondolas, burning them to a crisp. Thirty-seven people
were injured, most of who were treated for smoke inhalation and
burns. "The blaze took hold at about 11pm, and was well alight by
the time three fire crews reached the fun fair. By the time the fire
was extinguished at 12.16am, flames had destroyed five plastic
gondolas and the ride's electrical system," according to the Baltic
Times.

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What is the further Development in Ride
Technology ?

Will Passenger Behaviour

undergo further Changes ?

What about Children Responsibility ?

Are the Guidelines / Standards on Top ?

 Technology of Rides
• Higher and Faster?
– No general limits

• Higher Acceleration?
Existing standards
Research for Brain Acceleration
• Thrill Enhancement?
– Show Environment
– Interaction
– Combination of Rides with Audio and Movie

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 Technology of Rides
• Safety Records so far
– Extremely good safety records for Amusement Rides
concerning technical features despite of high press attention

– But it is always a goal to further minimize accidents

• Future technical safety achievements

– Electronic systems to further control attendants ?
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 Technology of Rides
Variable Restraints for Children
Ergonomic Improvements create safety

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 Technology of Rides

Further Improvement in Technogolgy

by Efficient Design Methods

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 Future Safety Improvement
• Safety is a Coordination of several Factors
• Four Aspects of Safety Achievement in Rides :

Manufacturer Owner
•Planing •Installation / Operation
•Design •Maintenance
•Fabrication •Integrated Safety
Program

TÜV Guests
•Design •Behavior
•Simulation •Interaction /Operation
•Verification •Self assessment
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 Safety by Communication

 Verbal / Audio
Safety Information can be improved (spiels, audio
downloads for head phones)

 Physical Information
Test Seats
Restraints
Full Containment

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Signage
 Ride Class Information
Distinction into Thrill classes:
High thrill
Moderate thrill
Family style
Children style

 Pictograms
at the entrance
in the ride containment

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• Guest Behaviour / Children‘s Behavior

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 Children‘s Behaviour
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or AD/HD)
is a neurobehavioral developmental disorder. ADHD is primarily characterized
by "the co-existence of attentional problems and hyperactivity, with each
behavior occurring infrequently alone.“

• ADHD is the most commonly studied and diagnosed psychiatric disorder in

children, affecting about
3 to 5% of children globally
with signs starting before seven years of age.
• ADHD is a common chronic disorder in children with 30 to 50% of those
individuals diagnosed in childhood continuing to have signs into adulthood

• 4.7 percent of American adults are estimated to live

with ADHD.[
ADHD is diagnosed two to four times as frequently in boys as in girls, 23
TÜV SÜD „OK for Kids“

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TÜV SÜD Amusement Park Certification

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Standards Technical Rules

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 EN 13814
Fairground and amusement park
machinery and structures — Safety

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MAIN SECTIONS
IN EN 13814

• DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

• MANUFACTURE

• RISK REDUCTION BY
PREVAILING MEASURES

• EXAMINATIONS

• OPERATION AND USE

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 Road Map Technical Standards

• Official Revision of EN 13814

starting 2010

• EN 13814 to revise and correct

where necessary but not to tear
into pieces

• Harmonization of standards in
parallel to the CEN revision
process
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EN 13814 still need to be enforced in EU
Member States

Approvals / Thorough Inspections

• Local Laws (new: Italy, France)
• Further European Member Countries will follow

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BASIC FIELDS FOR ANALYSIS AND INTERVENTION
TO EFFECTIVELY ENHANCE RIDE SAFETY
 Design

 Manufacture , Construction

 Initial Third Party Review and

Acceptance Test

 Maintenance and Preventive

Inspections

 Regular External Third Party Inspection

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Initial Third Party Review and
Acceptance Tests, Approval
of each Amusement Ride
- Design Review
- Manufacturing Inspections
- Initial Examination and Tests

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DESIGN AND THOROUGH THIRD
PARTY DESIGN REVIEW

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 Section:
Design and Analysis
e.g. Ride Dynamics

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Thorough Design Review
 Verifications of

– Kinematic-simulations

– Modal Analysis

– Mechanical Elements:
Fatigue Shafts, Axles, Gear boxes

– FEM and Beam Elements Calculations

to DIN

– Welded Units to DIN

– Life-Cycle Calculations

– Steel Structures and Foundations

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Inspections

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MAINTENANCE AND PREVENTIVE INSPECTIONS
BY THE PARK MAINTENANCE GROUP
knowledge of the design criteria and intimate
knowledge of the design and the technical standards can be
achieved in permanent exchange between park personnel
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and external Inspection body
 REGULAR THIRD PARTY,
EXTERNAL SAFETY INSPECTION
REQUIRE COMMITMENT TO THE
DETAILAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE
RIDES

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Thorough Inspections in Annual Intervals
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