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Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

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In fairness, the trains should never have been in a "possible impact" scenario to begin with. Of all the things that went wrong, train design is not one of them (OTSR / lap restraint debate aside, that's not relevant to the crash).
Just like with a plane crash, this will turn out to be caused by several factors combining in an unpredicted way. The railing on the front of the cars, however, will not enter in to it.
 
DiogoJ42 said:
In fairness, the trains should never have been in a "possible impact" scenario to begin with. Of all the things that went wrong, train design is not one of them (OTSR / lap restraint debate aside, that's not relevant to the crash).
Just like with a plane crash, this will turn out to be caused by several factors combining in an unpredicted way. The railing on the front of the cars, however, will not enter in to it.
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Put in a much better way than I, many thankyous!
 
I think we'll find it will be at least incredibly influential in the future design of Gerstlauer trains. It is relatively easy to remove the potential for the railing impacting against the riders knees - a foot more clearance here or there.
 
Adding a foot of length to each car would significantly change the maneuverability of the train. While it could be done for future rides, I doubt such a train could be retrofitted to The Smiler.
 
I'm talking about future trains from Gerstlauer generally, not specifically to this ride.

I do think that the front of the Smiler's trains will look different in some way following this design review - but I couldn't say how at this stage. This would encourage public re-acceptance of the re-opened ride.
 
Tom said:
I do think that the front of the Smiler's trains will look different in some way following this design review - but I couldn't say how at this stage. This would encourage public re-acceptance of the re-opened ride.
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Will it? "Oh well, at least if it crashes when I ride it the front looks different, phew, I'll go on". The number that think that will be insignificant.

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Tom said:
Whatever some of you choose to do in life, please don't try and run a business for goodness sake.
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Good job this isn't a business forum then isn't it! Amuses me that you expect theme park enthusiasts to think like business people. Although I maintain that how the front of The Smiler's trains look when it re-opens will be the very least of people's worries, of course there will be the odd one but it's totally insignificant. And the media will have bigger things to pick up on, such as the fact that it has re-opened.

Thirteen's trains are very flimsy and weak, ok not as heavy but would they be safe in a crash? Quick, go change the design of the trains!

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