Yes … Madness, i tell you !
I’ve done a couple, > 40 years ago, and haven’t felt the need to try it again, especially
if i’d have to queue for more than 30 seconds.
I went on one for the first time in 30 years a couple years ago in Hershey Park. Lemme tell ya, it feels different on your body when you’re in your mid-40s vs early teens. 
Holy shit what a thrill. But once was enough for me that day.
If you think of the hundreds of amusement parks out there multiplied by the number of rides in each park, running 12 hours+ a day, 7 days a week throughout the summer, I’d say their track record is pretty stellar.
Six Flags alone has over 800 rides (120 of them roller coasters).
Yeah, when the first crack like that shown in the picture was revealed it was a given they would find more. What was disturbing particularly was the discovery wasn’t made during a scheduled inspection by employees, but was noticed by a rider or visitor. Yeesh. It sounds like they didn’t shut the ride down right away either. “Yeah, thanks for letting us know.”
I suppose if one piece breaks over here, that results in more stress way over there.
Could you please list things that you do for fun, so we can piss all over them too?
Moderating
This is a little thread-shitty. I think it’s a fair assumption in this thread that lots of people enjoy rollercoasters.
Attack the post, not the poster.
That, but it also seems reasonable to conclude that either the design or materials have a defect that would present itself in the same locations on all the other steel beams or supports. In other words, a close inspection of the rest of the ride would be important. It suggests crappy steel, but who knows. That’s what engineers get paid for.
Sorry, that came across more sneerier than i intended.
who knows. i might even enjoy it now.
Waiting in line sucks, even if it’s for free ice cream. There are very few things I happily stand in line for. And then only briefly.
Who waits in line happily?
I’ve waited in line willingly or even with anticipation, but I can’t recall ever waiting in line happily.
Good point. Bad phrasing on my part.
What I really meant was that there is nearly nothing that evokes enough happiness to offset the unhappiness inherent in just a minute or two in line.
Wait willingly? Barely occasionally. Wait in anticipation? Nope. Spend 10 minutes going someplace else with no waiting to avoid waiting in line 5 minutes. Absolutely.
Yeah, I loved roller coasters as a teenager.
I will still go on one now (tail end of my 40s in my case) but I have a “one ride at a time” policy.
Last year I got a chance to do the new Guardians of the Galaxy ride in Disney World (right before the hurricane shut everything down) and it was amazing, but now that I did it, that’s enough. It swings you around in all directions, it feels like you’re on the end of a string a bored giant is randomly flinging around.
30 years ago I’m sure I wouldn’t want to wait to go back.
Ok, this isn’t Cafe Society, but why some people ride roller coasters.
It’s really hard to do two roller coasters at the same time!
For me it’s basically, once per visit to a park. 
It could also be a sign that quality control in general is crap, either in the company that built the coaster, the park, or both.
I would really hope that the authorities, whomever they are, are also now ordering inspections of all of the other rides in this park, and everything else made by this construction company.