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It shouldn’t happen but it does. Jurisdictions do not have staff for that. Given that there’s two or three carnivals per year, it doesn’t make sense to train a building inspector to inspect amusement rides. In my case, I was self taught.I cannot imagine being asked to review an amusement ride without some basis of training.
Most of the problems that I found with rides are obvious but there are things to know that are specific to a ride. For example, every ride has a maximum revolutions per minute and I would ask them to operate the ride at full speed. Now some rides will exceed the limit when empty and slow down when loaded. Rides with multiple motors will run fast if one of the motors is down. Any ride called Spider has special requirements for the main bearing.
I’ve related stories here about the Dragon Wagon, Gravitron, Ferris Wheel, fun house and more. It comes down to what you are comfortable issuing a CofO to operate.
An average day
The shooter was the owner’s son. Every electrical item from alarm clocks to the refrigerator is being replaced by the insurance company. Not the wiring or service panel which is on the outside.
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