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Coasters to Face G-Force Limits?
jonerik writes "NBC News is reporting that today New Jersey will begin examining the possibility of placing limits on roller coaster G-forces. Pointing out that the G-forces on coasters are considerably greater than even those experienced by astronauts and race car drivers, legislators on both the state and national levels want to start reining in coaster G-forces which have been blamed for a number of injuries and deaths over the past few years. Pansies. Why do they think people ride roller coasters to begin with?"
Its similar to the stupid McDonalds Coffee incident...
This is somewhat off topic, but please read up on the facts on the McDonald's Scalding Coffee incident. Look here or do a quick search on Google. I can't find it, but there's a great site out there that talks about all the highly publicised lawsuits (like the guy who got 300 million dollars for a bad paint job on his bmw), and debunks the myths around each case. Fun read. Media loves twisting these and other so-called frivilous lawsuits to boost their ratings. Pass it on. Thanks.
That said, I do agree with you that people should be held accountable for their own actions. I don't like being parented by government.
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