State inspectors use handhelds for amusement ride safety program
This article originally appeared in a 2005 issue of RFIDOperations.
INDIANAPOLIS—The arrival of spring brings warmer weather and, in many states, the beginning of another season for amusement parks and carnivals. Until now, the latter has also meant a roller coaster of paperwork for state safety inspectors.
Nationally, about 3,000 people are injured on mobile amusement park rides, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. But the most tragic and widely publicized incidents (fewer than five die every year) are leading to new regulations that hold states accountable. This February, a bill calling for stricter safety inspections—“Greyson’s Law”—was introduced in Ohio. The bill is named after eight-year-old Greyson Yoe, who died last year, a month after he was shocked from an improperly grounded bumper-car ride.
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