Can amusement park rides cause TBI?
Attention has recently focused on violent amusement park rides as a cause of closed-head injuries. Critics contend that riders’ brains are being rattled around in their skulls, causing brain bleeds and tears that can result in permanent damage or death. In New Jersey, engineers determined that brain injuries — along with a rash of spine and neck injuries — are occurring from jolting, jerking rides with rapid changes in direction, and speeds in excess of 80 mph. The state of New Jersey set the nation’s first legal limits on the gravitational force that amusement park rides can produce.
