Author Topic: Ski lift malfunction in georgia (Read 1782 times)

King T�ny · March 16, 2018, 09:29:19 PM

We need to ban automatic ski lifts.

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PhantOS · March 16, 2018, 10:12:02 PM

Quote from: King T�ny on March 16, 2018, 09:27:25 PM

It's his own fault.

Everyone there was telling him to loving jump.

so it's not the fault of the ski lift?

Tactical Nuke · March 16, 2018, 10:19:22 PM

it's extra crazy because if you look at the direction of the seats you can see that this thing was travelling backwards in addition to going ridiculously fast

as far as I know ski lifts never go backwards ever

King T�ny · March 16, 2018, 10:58:53 PM

Quote from: PhantOS on March 16, 2018, 10:12:02 PM

so it's not the fault of the ski lift?

Are you putting words in my mouth?

I'm saying it's his fault for not jumping off when 20+ screaming people are warning him to jump off.

of course the ski lift is at fault for orchestrating the event but red jacket was too dumb to jump. It's his own fault he got hurt.

Aide33 · March 16, 2018, 11:04:32 PM

Quote from: Tactical Nuke on March 16, 2018, 10:19:22 PM

it's extra crazy because if you look at the direction of the seats you can see that this thing was travelling backwards in addition to going ridiculously fast

as far as I know ski lifts never go backwards ever

its called a rollback, its when every brake on the lift fails at once and gravity just like, takes over man

devildogelite · March 17, 2018, 02:06:18 AM

Quote from: Aide33 on March 16, 2018, 11:04:32 PM

its called a rollback, its when every brake on the lift fails at once and gravity just like, takes over man

Especially since the one side is loaded with people and the other isn't. There should be a giant weight that you pull a pin on and slams a clamp shut on the cable. It isn't really safe either since it supposed to cause the lift to stop instantly, it's more for if you lose all ability to power the lift and want to stop a rollback from happening.

But for a rollback like that to happen no regular maintenance had been done for a while.