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Accident at Alton Towers

As a fellow student in the city of Nottingham, I love it! Like, I get how it's in bad taste, but it's still great.
 
Ian said:
She's still got This Morning and the Daily Mirror to do before her regular haunts are done. It won't the last we hear of her either, because she's being constantly told by her Twitter followers how brave and inspirational she is, therefore she's helping others. It's all rather cringeworthy now. TBH, even though I want this to shut down, I'd rather hear what Leah and Joe have to say about it because they're normal people, not craving attention or doing anything to stay in the public eye, they're simply getting on with their lives.
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I totally agree... But I still don't understand what everybody has against me! Couldn't you all tell she was putting up a Six-Flags style facade, you know, totally weak cardboard? But yes, she loved her moment in the limelight, but this is what tipped me. All you need to see is the headline and then you're done.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37561226

She was more annoyed at one person's (lack of) training but she took it out on Merlin and the entire establishment! Like, that's kinda unfair!
 
Pink Panther said:
I think they should form a pop group and become Britain's next entry for Eurovision. They've got all the star qualities required. They'd be like ABBA, but FABBA.
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I'm sure it would be a smash hit.
 
I mean, even at the best of times the Daily Mail comments section really is the last confirmation needed that this country is a **** cess pool of cretinous buffoons, but still;

Londonlighter, London Uk, 16 hours ago

When is Alton Towers closing down, it's about time. Roller coasters are so last millennium

pilgrim pete, plymouth, United Kingdom, 15 hours ago

Someone should close this deathrap of a place down.

petemus1, epsom, 16 hours ago

Why anyone would wish to risk their children's lives ( and pay for it ) on these potential death traps is beyond me

cthroughit, Lancs, United Kingdom, 12 hours ago

Boycott such idiotic rides

opiola, Manchester, United Kingdom, 12 hours ago

For the love Of God shut this detritus down - we have enough poison pouring into our country without the need for us to self destruct on these nasty little rides

silversurferfrances, Ashford near Staines, United Kingdom, 12 hours ago

Close it down now. How awful for the heroes who got injured there last year. Especially that lovely young couple who were out on their first date.
 
The comments are **** amazing.

"Withdraw their licence to operate, or use Compulsory Purchase to take the land, bulldoze it and build a council estate or something. To get the licence to operate a theme park someone has to say it's safe. Someone did, it wasn't. Again someone did, again it wasn't. Again they did, and yet again it wasn't. Who exactly is it that keeps "signing off" on this park?"

People are so dumb.
 
Hey guys...

I recommend that any incorrect articles are complained against.

This is the link to the UK press complaints commission.

This story is about someone going into the restricted area of the ride and should be complained against. Come on guys, we all know this is wrong, lets complain when it is

https://www.ipso.co.uk/make-a-complaint/#WhatCanIComplainAbout

My comment was....

Dear Sir / Madam.

This article indicates that a major incident occurred at the park and indeed they have stated the "THIRD in just over a year".

Further on down the article an Alton Towers spokesperson states....

"Alton Towers confirmed the Spinball Whizzer - which rotates 360 degrees at high speed - was stopped at 1pm today after a guest entered a 'strictly prohibited' area"

Therefore the cause of the problem was not mechanical, but a "guest" of the park who had entered a restricted area.

Therefore this news story suggests that Alton Towers is unsafe, whereas this new article is actually about a guest of the park who broke safety rules and entered an area they shouldn't have and therefore the operators shut down the ride as they saw this guest who had entered a restricted area (even though there are signs saying do not enter).

This is therefore a misleading story and the Daily Mail should offer a retraction due to the damaging nature of this story against Alton Towers.
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They don't buy it. It's online comments. I love it. It's great fun to comment on the comments.
 
PeteA said:
Hey guys...

I recommend that any incorrect articles are complained against.

This is the link to the UK press complaints commission.

This story is about someone going into the restricted area of the ride and should be complained against. Come on guys, we all know this is wrong, lets complain when it is

https://www.ipso.co.uk/make-a-complaint/#WhatCanIComplainAbout

My comment was....

Dear Sir / Madam.

This article indicates that a major incident occurred at the park and indeed they have stated the "THIRD in just over a year".

Further on down the article an Alton Towers spokesperson states....

"Alton Towers confirmed the Spinball Whizzer - which rotates 360 degrees at high speed - was stopped at 1pm today after a guest entered a 'strictly prohibited' area"

Therefore the cause of the problem was not mechanical, but a "guest" of the park who had entered a restricted area.

Therefore this news story suggests that Alton Towers is unsafe, whereas this new article is actually about a guest of the park who broke safety rules and entered an area they shouldn't have and therefore the operators shut down the ride as they saw this guest who had entered a restricted area (even though there are signs saying do not enter).

This is therefore a misleading story and the Daily Mail should offer a retraction due to the damaging nature of this story against Alton Towers.
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Nice try, but I can easily see the Daily Mail spinning that to say Alton Towers is unsafe because a guest got into a ride area.

"Questions are being asked about whether Alton Towers is safe to visit after a man was able to access a dangerous ride area this afternoon. The customer entered a restricted section of the park and caused a ride have an emergency shut-down as the safety of the riders were put in danger. This latest incident has led people to ask if Alton Towers can be trusted to look after customers"
 
Robbie said:
"Questions are being asked about whether Alton Towers is safe to visit after a man was able to access a dangerous ride area this afternoon. The customer entered a restricted section of the park and caused a ride have an emergency shut-down as the safety of the riders were put in danger. This latest incident has led people to ask if Alton Towers can be trusted to look after customers"
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The real question is, what is more dangerous? 1 guest accessing a restricted area of a ride or the entire nation having full access to The Daily Mail?
 
Dunno if any of you have seen Spinball this year, but when i visited a few weeks back I noticed it has a LOT of new fencing protecting restricted areas already - BEFORE this incident.

There's this thing I like to call "special snowflake syndrome" - basically, people do stupid things sometimes because they have a mitigating circumstance that, in their moment of one track mindedness, makes them do otherwise considered stupid, dangerous things to achieve a goal.

We all do it. Speeding when driving to work or attempting to get on a train when the doors are closing and you've been told to stand clear, all because you're late for work. You're a special snowflake, you have a reason to break the rules, so they don't apply to you.

All the fencing around Spinball is littered with "ride area danger of death" signs. But if you really want to get your phone back, and the ride staff told you you have to wait until the end of the day, but you have to leave early, suddenly you're a special snowflake. You'll be fine, you won't go near the track, you're not THAT stupid. When I worked at a park (not Alton) I would constantly have guests making comments about how stupid it was that they couldn't wait on platforms or within locked gates for their families whilst the ride is in motion. That they "wouldn't go near the ride". Well no, you probably wouldn't, but you might. I'd actually put money on this incident not being due to somone IN a ride area, but more a preventative, that person looks like they MIGHT be about to put themselves in danger. People think of estops as being a last minute panic response, but in reality, the second they suspect a potential danger it'll get whacked. Estopping coasters once they've left a block is obviously pointless because they then cannot stop, gravity has them, so staff must work preventatively.

It's really difficult to communicate such things to the average Joe without going into great detail. The next question would be WHY CAN'T ROLLER COASTERS BE STOPPED? THATS DANGEROUS.

People are dangerous. There is always an element of danger with everything.

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Oh, This comment is awesome:

"THat ride in the picture looked small and overloaded with the weight of 4 people on it which is a fair amount weight. THere should be a user warning on these rides which warns people they use them at their own risk and there is no guarantee of safety on them and people should be warned that they might shatter"
 
caffeine_demon said:
Oh, This comment is awesome:

"THat ride in the picture looked small and overloaded with the weight of 4 people on it which is a fair amount weight. THere should be a user warning on these rides which warns people they use them at their own risk and there is no guarantee of safety on them and people should be warned that they might shatter"
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May I take this opportunity to apologise for the general public of Great Britain these idiots I assure you are not representative of the entire population!

Also the fact smiler is on a 60 minute q on a Monday at the end of October means these numpties aren't winning!!!


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They might shatter? Oh my god I'm dying. :lol:

Also, I agree 100% with Joey's Special Snowflake idea. I've seen so many examples at all the parks I've been to. I can't film on coasters? No, it's ok, I have a YouTube channel I'm trying to start! I can't lean over the airgates? But I want to talk to my friend who's on the train! No loose articles while riding? But I don't want anyone to steal them! All reasons people would break the rules. The reason these rules are in place is to make the ride safer for everyone. It's not to ruin the fun, it's to create a safe environment to let everyone have fun.
 
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