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Tayto Park- stairs collapses

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  • #62
    WhoWhatWhere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭WhoWhatWhere


    Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »
    I take a cheese and onion, and a daily and vinegar, and I eat them both in the one go.

    How often do you have them?


  • #63
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    jimmythedivil wrote: »
    Some people fell down the stairs in Meath and it's the lead story on RTE news.

    Weird little place we live in.

    Where I live the headlines read "local stairs collapses"


  • #64
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    From your extensive knowledge of roller coasters?

    Huh? :confused:
    It's just an observation is all.


  • #65
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Winterlong wrote: »
    Huh? :confused:
    It's just an observation is all.

    You said "That cant be safe...". Do you not think the opposite would be true? That it must be relatively safe for thousands of people to be allowed on it? Everything has the possibility of something going wrong but I assume the roller coaster was deemed safe by someone with much more extensive knowledge than you or I.


  • #66
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Remember the Tayto Park 14.
    They're with the angles now.


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  • #67
    Winterlong
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    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    You said "That cant be safe...". Do you not think the opposite would be true? That it must be relatively safe for thousands of people to be allowed on it? Everything has the possibility of something going wrong but I assume the roller coaster was deemed safe by someone with much more extensive knowledge than you or I.

    Probably, and statistics from other countries would suggest that wooden roller coasters are nor more or less safe than other materials.

    It just seemed to me that using wood as a building material in a wet country like ours is not the best idea given how wood can absorb water, expand and contract and rot.
    And then there that the HSE do not have a lot of experience with Roller-coaster safety standards compared to other countries.

    But you are right -we go on trust, trust that the staff at TP maintain and inspect it adequately and that the HSE safety experts know what they are doing.
    And I have been on, and enjoyed, that roller coaster so the above 'that cant be safe' comment was a bit tongue in cheek.


  • #68
    mikeym
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭mikeym


    RayCon wrote: »
    The accident happened on Saturday.
    The park reopened Sun.
    Officials from the Health and Safety Authority due on site Mon.

    Gotta love the sense of urgency from our governing bodies.

    They dont work weekends :D


  • #69
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Winterlong wrote: »
    ...

    Don't mind me, got out of the bed on the wrong side :rolleyes:


  • #70
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    FionnK86 wrote: »
    Seems like a Waterford Whispers article 'Man posts news story on After Hours, get's After Hours reaction, gets upset'.

    I'm sure there is a rollercoaster forum you could have posted on... :confused:

    Where did I get upset? Im not Frazzled!


  • #71
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    mansize wrote: »
    Where did I get upset? Im not Frazzled!

    Alright, calm down!!!

    :D:D


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  • #72
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    I can smell the compo claims from here

    A couple of grand each and they'll all be Hunky Dorey


  • #73
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    mansize wrote: »
    I can smell the compo claims from here

    A couple of grand each and they'll all be Hunky Dorey

    Couple of grand? Nah, looking at 5/6 figure sums for 'de mental anguish '.


  • #74
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Couple of grand? Nah, looking at 5/6 figure sums for 'de mental anguish '.

    5-8K I reckon


  • #75
    WhoWhatWhere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭WhoWhatWhere


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Couple of grand? Nah, looking at 5/6 figure sums for 'de mental anguish '.

    "I just haven't been able to look at a set of stairs since Joe. The money will fund getting a lift installed my hallway for going to the second floor."


  • #76
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,037 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Some Engineer is going to come down with this one and to be fair there would appear to be something very much borderline about the design that allowed it to collapse in such a situation.


  • #77
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,566 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    No one was seriously injured so everything is hunky dory .
    They will need some Skips to take away debris .


  • #78
    maryishere
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    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Couple of grand? Nah, looking at 5/6 figure sums for 'de mental anguish '.
    and an increase of tayto park admission / ride prices of about 5 or 10% to cover that, next year.


  • #79
    maryishere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,549 ✭✭✭maryishere


    RayCon wrote: »
    The accident happened on Saturday.
    The park reopened Sun.
    Officials from the Health and Safety Authority due on site Mon.

    Gotta love the sense of urgency from our governing bodies.

    Good job Monday was not a bank holiday or they would not be there until Tuesday. ;)


  • #80
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »
    This is the quote I like the best from the article.

    ...He said: "My 25-year-old brought her 13-year-old and two girls of the same age....

    Jaysis
    Actually, she said : "My 25-year-old brought my 13-year-old and two girls of the same age. They had just stepped onto the landing when the stairs below them collapsed."

    Slightly different reportage...


  • #81
    somesoldiers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    Could have ben a hell of a lot worse
    Four people have died after a water raft flipped and overturned on a theme park ride in Australia trapping two and throwing two others.
    Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/25/four-criticallly-injured-after-accident-on-theme-park-ride-in-australia-6213209/#ixzz4O57WWHk4


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  • #82
    HensVassal
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    FutureGuy wrote: »
    A serious accident affecting 12 people whose injuries could be serious and your reaction is to come onto boards and make a joke about it.

    Worse still is the rest of the comedians on boards having a go. Well done everyone.

    This site sometimes balances on the rim of a barrel of utter ****.

    Ah FFS, listen to yourself. Serious injuries?
    I've seen worse injuries in a football match.


  • #83
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    Was there couple of weeks ago, some laugh, coaster is some job. Unfortunately some things were closed that day including the zip line. Wristband is worth getting if you plan to be on a few rides. I wish those involved a speedy recovery

    Zip line closes in September until Spring.


  • #84
    HensVassal
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    The Tayto stairs just doesn't like Walkers on it.

    Nacho funniest pun, but not bad. :p


  • #85
    philstar
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    somesoldiers wrote: »
    Could have ben a hell of a lot worse

    Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/25/four-criticallly-injured-after-accident-on-theme-park-ride-in-australia-6213209/#ixzz4O57WWHk4

    and after what happened Thorpe Park ...theme parks have their risks


  • #86
    goz83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,778 ✭✭✭goz83


    RayCon wrote: »
    The accident happened on Saturday.
    The park reopened Sun.
    Officials from the Health and Safety Authority due on site Mon.

    Gotta love the sense of urgency from our governing bodies.

    It actually remained open. They just sealed off the accident site.
    Winterlong wrote: »
    Probably, and statistics from other countries would suggest that wooden roller coasters are nor more or less safe than other materials.

    It just seemed to me that using wood as a building material in a wet country like ours is not the best idea given how wood can absorb water, expand and contract and rot.
    And then there that the HSE do not have a lot of experience with Roller-coaster safety standards compared to other countries.

    But you are right -we go on trust, trust that the staff at TP maintain and inspect it adequately and that the HSE safety experts know what they are doing.
    And I have been on, and enjoyed, that roller coaster so the above 'that cant be safe' comment was a bit tongue in cheek.

    I'm sure the wooden roller coaster is just as safe as the wooden stairs. oh wait...:eek:


  • #87
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,059 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    My daughter and I did that wooden rollercoaster 7 times in a row (no queues) before I couldn't take any more, so my wife and I switched kids and I went off to look after my son instead.

    He was only 4 so we got on some ride for little kids, and it was the tamest thing in the world, just some mild bumps up and down. But I was still feeling sick, and I was worried that I'd actually get sick, and people would think it was that tame kids ride that had made me sick, which would make me look like the biggest wimp in the place.


  • #88
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    osarusan wrote: »
    My daughter and I did that wooden rollercoaster 7 times in a row (no queues) before I couldn't take any more, so my wife and I switched kids and I went off to look after my son instead.

    He was only 4 so we got on some ride for little kids, and it was the tamest thing in the world, just some mild bumps up and down. But I was still feeling sick, and I was worried that I'd actually get sick, and people would think it was that tame kids ride that had made me sick, which would make me look like the biggest wimp in the place.

    The frogs!! Great craic with a 1 year old!


  • #89
    somesoldiers
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    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    The frogs!! Great craic with a 1 year old!
    there is another ride for the little kiddies- like a mini Ferris wheel, is beside the trampolines and opposite the frogs.
    Takes about an hour to get on it as they need to stop & let each one off individually


  • #90
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    The frogs!! Great craic with a 1 year old!

    Even as an adult nothing quite prepares you for the first leap!


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