Tallest in the US for a long time

If Project 2003 is going to be above 400 feet, it obviously will be the tallest in the world, but it will be the tallest in the US for a long time, while it may lose the world record over the next few years. The reason I say that it will be the tallest in the US for a long time is because I heard Congress pushed legislation through regulating roller coasters. If this legislation actually went through, the height limit will be set at a certain height ensuring Project 2003 to hold height record in the US.

I heard that Project 2003 was started so early because the legislation was going to be introduced, and now that the coaster is under construction, it will have to be grandfathered in if it surpasses the regulations. Yeah, I know that sort of does not make sense that a coaster can exceed a regulation but if it was approved prior to any legislation, it will be allowed.

People have been talking about this since the 400 foot rumor has come up but no one can say anything more about it than "I heard that"... Heard from who?

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Brent Haley
Gemini Crew '02

does anyone have any detailed info on this supposed bill or law? I can't see why there would be any interest in washington concerning roller coaster height.

Bussey

I've not heard anything about this. There has been no bill in congress that regulates the height on roller coasters. The closest bill to any sort of regulation is : National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 2001. this contains nothing about limiting the height of roller coasters. It is an amendment (removal of one sentence) of an already existing bill.

btw, this comes from the library of congress' legislation database.http://thomas.loc.gov It is a complete record of any bill, law introduced into the house or senate. (a great source if you ever need info for a gov't class)

this in no way means that a something isn't being drafted up, it just mean's that nothing has been introduced yet, and even once it is introduced, it will take a while before it is passed.

--Dan

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*** This post was edited by allhailme 10/17/2002 1:53:22 PM ***

The only bill or law that I have seen proof of is the G force limit in New Jersey which went into effect on October 1.

A federal bill is being pushed for, but I don't believe it's even been entered into congress yet. There is a team of doctors who are supposedly doing further studies, with results to be available next year.

I do not believe any of the proposed legislation is trying to regulate height. Only G forces.
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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

There is no bill that prohibits a person from jumping out of an airplane from several thousand feet with a parachute strapped to his/her back. Why would they limit the height of a coaster?

The only limitations that may be made would be in lieu of FAA regulations and I don't think Cedar Point is close enough to any major airport to be concerned about that.

The only height restriction is money...

There is no bill before congress about this matter. The only thing close is Rep. Markey's bill regulating G-forces, which is (as it is every session) stuck in subcommittee. Where it will remain for the rest of this session, as well. Besides, such a regulatory bill would likely take well over a year before it had the binding effect of law, and so long as CP had broken ground on contruction before this fictional law would take effect, the coaster would be grandfathered in anyway. Let's drop this rumor, okay?

mk468zz said:
The only thing close is Rep. Markey's bill regulating G-forces, which is (as it is every session) stuck in subcommittee.

There is no bill in congress regulating g-forces either, and there hasn't been one for at least the past 5 sessions. The only Bill currently in congress regulating any type of ride was mentioned in my previous post. Rep. Markey was influential in gettin a law passed in New Jersy regulating G-forces. And it also seems like he has some sort of vendeta against amusement park rides, so I would not be surprised to see him introduce one in the near future.
As i have said before there is not any legislation before congress regulating g-forces or rollercoaster height at this time.

CNN announced last night...roller coasters have been PROVEN to cause no direct health problems.

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BTS Cedar Point
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*** This post was edited by Anonymous 10/17/2002 4:02:54 PM ***

Thats been all over the news on like every local channel.

there's no bill in congress limiting roller coaster height. if there was, then shortly after i would think you would see a bill limiting the height of a building, a radio tower, not letting airplanse fly over 40 stories...stupid things like that.

The radio tower/airplane signal is a cool idea, who knows. It could happen. By the way, if At&t sponsers it it can double as a Cell Phone tower :))

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Anden?

a lil off the subject but....yea! they should put a cell phone tower on top of the tower on the new ride since it's going to be so tall. has anyone else noticed the really poor reception for cell phones at he park?