Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

[micksalt]

I love how since the Smiler incident, stops on the monorail and Air now make it into the top 10 read stories:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-33357478

That's akin to me reporting everytime I clip my toenails, not really news. Article is very confused, the two rides almost become one.

 

[Leah]

I love how since the Smiler incident, stops on the monorail and Air now make it into the top 10 read stories:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-33357478

That's akin to me reporting everytime I clip my toenails, not really news. Article is very confused, the two rides almost become one.

I refer you to the 2015 general discussion
http://www.towersstreet.com/talk/threads/2015-general-discussion.3383/page-27#post-138007
May need to scroll down about 2 posts

 

[PeteB]

And now Sonic Spinball has had 2 carriages collide: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alton-towers-rollercoaster-crash-man-5987141

Not that you can trust anything the Mirror comes out with, but still...

 

[Leah]

Is it open today?

If towers is denying that this is not normal, then I doubt this is true...

ITS THE MIRROR, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT!

 

[JAMMY_Jaunts]

I've seen Sonic Spinball cars nudge all the time when entering the station, mainly due to Maurer's excessively strong friction wheels. Again, just a regular occurrence being scrutinised and being blown way out of proportion. :/

 

[bluesonichd]

""The 36-year-old man later went to hospital as a precaution after suffering a head injury. He was later released but is understood to be still off work recovering""
hmmm, putting on a show, probably looking for compo

 

[Leah]

Just created new thread for the news story's to reduce traffic on this one.
http://www.towersstreet.com/talk/threads/news-topic.3647/
Noticed that half the posts on here are actually about slightly unrelated tabloids, not the smiler.

 

[AliceHL91]

""The 36-year-old man later went to hospital as a precaution after suffering a head injury. He was later released but is understood to be still off work recovering""
hmmm, putting on a show, probably looking for compo

Using it as an excuse for a holiday. It's like the 'vicims' are trying to get compo following the smiler incident. It's just as bad as making light of their injuries in my opinion

 

[bluesonichd]

If a grown man cant handle a tiny little bump... what a wuss!

 

[Leah]

I thought the grown man was the person holding the coats.

 

[bluesonichd]

I thought the grown man was the person holding the coats.

even more of a wuss if he had to go to hospital because he held the coats too long, maybe his arm got tired and started hurting

 

[PeteB]

Thank god Alton doesn't have dodgems!

 

[AliceHL91]

I think I'll complain to the mirror that I was on the river rapids when my raft went full speed into another one waiting to go up the lift hill! I then had to go to hospital with suspected whiplash and proceeded to have a week off work

 

[Leah]

Dress up as kay burley, then go to bumper cars at chessington/Thorpe, then run around shouting "do you know that you are exposed to high speed collisions on this ride." "Sir, did you just suffer whiplash on this ride? No? Are you sure? ARE YOU SURE??

 

[AliceHL91]

@Leah Might turn up as Kay Burley this scarefest

 

[Jonathan]

@Leah Might turn up as Kay Burley this scarefest

I don't think you're the only person on here who's thought of that idea.

 

[Burbs]

Well @Rob is still to fulfil his promise.

 

[AirFAN]

Wonder if this will have an influence on the choice of future ride manufacturers?

 

[Burbs]

Wonder if this will have an influence on the choice of future ride manufacturers?

Almost certainly.

 

[DiogoJ42]

We can only hope! I'd like to think they've been put of Intamin as well, with all the trouble they've had with Rita and Th13teen. Maybe one day they will learn that you get what you pay for.