Do remember the No1 bit of Alton Towers staff training... "When the guests enter the park, they leave their brains in their car / on their coach". Never truer words said. We're getting like the USA - unless there is a sign saying "Do this / Don't do that" guests will do whatever you don't want them to do.
In the USA the guests who do what you don't want them to do - as there was no sign warning them - will be straight on the phone to their lawyer too.
You only have to look at all the "Danger - Ride Area - Do not enter" signs at the Merlin parks now. Common sense would tend to indicate that human vs an 8T Nemesis train would indicate who would come off better, but no. Common sense has been left in the car / on the coaches.
Back in 2002 when Air opened & had it's frequent "technical anomalies" (as Towers liked to call them - read "breakdowns" for a more accurate description) the ride area was seen by many guests as an escape route from the queue. The idiots did not realise that this just slowed down any re-start as the entire ride area had to be checked. This just led to the higher fencing and the "caged-in" feel of the queueline.
