I don't know that every ride is checked, but a lot of them are (and certainly the more dangerous one's) the operators are liscenced and the legal implications of an accident of the result of negligence are huge.



It isn't like 30 years ago, these things are immensely expensive pieces of machinery operated by fairl big companies, some are multi-nationals.

Still remember the Dive Bombers snapping when I was a kid, my husband's friend was on it and fractured his skull. Bit unfortunate, really, as he'd already fractured it once that year falling out of his bedroom window.

We took my 9 year old lad and his schoolmate on Saturday. Went on the £2.50 each

Ghost Train and, just before we set off, the attendant asked me and the lad to swop places so the adults were diagonally placed in the car. As we were doing so the ba$tard car lurched forward and the lad bashed his head. The rides may have safety certificates but the useless bleeders operating them don't appear to have them.



On a lighter note I spotted a ride called "Rockin' Tug" costing £1.50....Sadly, what you experienced wasn't quite what I had in mind...

I'm sure you are right, wasn't there an incident a couple of years back where a young girl was left hanging in one of them slingshot rides that fires you in a cage into the sky on 2 bungee ropes?



I was injured at fair when i was young, i got a smack to the head off a pilkey for rocking one of them machines where you try to get the 2p pieces to fall off the edge

I remember that..put me off rides for life!! I am dreading the day the daughter is tall enough for all this crap! Though saying that i may tell her the dive bomber story it may do the trick

Yer it did... scary thing is, my missus was next in line at the time aswell.... shut the ride and needless to say, we went home!!

Yes, the slingshot ride "failed" but the safety mechanisms kicked in as far as I recall?

Don't spoil a good story!!!!

I'm just googling for the thousands of prosecutions of fair ground operators, bear with me, we might win a trophy before I turn one up!

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Put that trophy on hold!!

I merely commented on the fact that in my opinion i think think the rides at fair look dodgy, i didn't intend it to be a slur on the travelling community! have a toffee apple and chill the frig out!